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Said at the time it was happening that I'd have taken the 3 and not gone for it on 4th and 1. Course, I said it to my girlfriend and her daughter who I'm sure were not paying any attention to me or the game for that matter.
Heard this argument and I'd still take the 3 every time. First, there was 6 minutes to go and they had 3 TOs. Here were the 4 Denver drives just before that Pats* possession: punt, punt, punt, FG. Denver had a total of 79 yards in that second half. Just 3 first downs, one of which was a busted Manning scramble. Denver was doing just as much nothing as the Pats* were at that point, if not more so. And, you knew, at least I did, that they were going to sit on that 8 pt lead once they got it and not do anything crazy to hand it over. And that's exactly what they did. Plus, the idea of "well, we're not going to get back down here" to me is such a loser mentality. Especially when 4 minutes later not only were they back there, but they scored.
Eh, the decision to go for it 4th and 1 down by 8 points in a game in which you couldn't be sure you would get tino Denver territory 2 more times to kick two more FGs or score a TD. I would have been cheering for Tomlin to go for the 1st down on 4th and 1, there is no way of knowing you're getting the ball back and being able to move on the Denver defense.
Heard this argument and I'd still take the 3 every time. First, there was 6 minutes to go and they had 3 TOs. Here were the 4 Denver drives just before that Pats* possession: punt, punt, punt, FG. Denver had a total of 79 yards in that second half. Just 3 first downs, one of which was a busted Manning scramble. Denver was doing just as much nothing as the Pats* were at that point, if not more so. And, you knew, at least I did, that they were going to sit on that 8 pt lead once they got it and not do anything crazy to hand it over. And that's exactly what they did. Plus, the idea of "well, we're not going to get back down here" to me is such a loser mentality. Especially when 4 minutes later not only were they back there, but they scored.
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