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Originally Posted by Valuist
Rufus Peabody is on Twitter, trying to defend Lefleur's head scratching decision to kick a field goal, down 8 with 2:20 to play on 4th and goal from the Tampa 8. You are already down there, you have a HoF QB in Rodgers, and you have Brady on the other side. Your chances of not getting the ball back are too high. I guess it was the right call if one's objective was delay losing by a couple minutes (real time). But the object is to play to win. Yes, if you fail the game is over by the 2 minutes warning, but like someone else said, "if your model says that was the right call, it's time to tear apart that model and start from scratch."
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Another thing I have a problem with is teams going for two when they are down by five with lots of time left to play. If you miss it like Green Bay did, it leaves you needing a two pointer to tie it if the other team kicks a field goal, which was what happened. Kicking the field goal was the dumbest decision I have ever seen. If you fail, the Bucs get the ball at their eight. I think they go for it if they were down 7 and not 8.
