We saw it again tonight where the Falcons were down 28-14 and closed in to score in the 4th quarter to narrow it to 28-20. Supposedly analytics says to go for 2 instead of kicking the extra point to be down 7 points. Atlanta failed on their attempt and were now down by 8 points which forced them to go for 2 after another touchdown.
Now they’re scrambling to come from behind 28-26 when they could have been tied at 28 and have overtime in their back pocket. Had they not kicked the final field goal to win 29-28 the obstacle they created for themselves going for 2 and chasing ghosts could have cost them the game.
No one ever talks about how going for 2 and failing dissipates a teams momentum. We saw this happen the week before with the Cleveland Browns and going with analytics cost them the game with Tennessee and prompted this commentary from The Arena with Aquib Talib, Richie Incognito and Skip Bayless
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In my last article we challenged the uselessness of QBR as its the first phoney accounting way to rate quarterbacks and analytics is undermining NFL Coaches. These decisions are critical and you’re putting the fortunes of your team in some geek mathematical equation that doesn’t take in effect the momentum of your team, emotional high or letdown of your players at a critical point of the game, when common coaching sense over the last 106 years haven’t provided axioms.
Far too often these coaches are leaning on the new analytics and when it fails those that came up with these mathematical equations won’t be with you at the podium postgame. The math geeks won’t be accountable nor will they come back and express how they’re equation was off.
Stop listening to these clowns and call a football game based on your team and what keeps your team in the game emotionally as important as you need to from a tactics standpoint.
Analytics has always been garbage and coaches should be done listening to math geek wannabe coaches. Take back your game coaches and stay in tune with your players.
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Regardless of what some analytics chart states, when the TD brought the score to 28-20, kick the PAT to bring the score to a 7 point difference, and then if you score another 6 points, make the choice for 1 to tie or go for 2 for the win.
Why force yourself and the team to have to convert 2 2-point tries to try to win the game, and if missing the initial 2-point conversion, your odds, based on league attempts going for 2, actually drops even further when attempting to convert the 2nd 2-point play.
Sorry, but in my estimation, it was an unnecessary risk. The axiom for many decades was to never go for 2 until it was absolutely necessary because you as a coach never wanted to take the game out of the players’ hands.
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On point.Straight blew it tonight.
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Couldn’t agree more. If you’re going for 2, you’d go for 2 when going for the win. The risk doesn’t outweigh the reward in this case.
This reminded me of Andy Reid going for it at his own 31 the other night. Say you get the 1st down, was it really worth it?
Is the coaching getting worse?
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Coaching is being sabotaged by mathematicians placing them in positions of undue risk. Its turned coaches into gamblers
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these dudes are coaching like they are playing Madden or something.
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