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12-09-2012, 06:27 PM #25
Re: Is everybody really overlooking this?
I see no scenario were making a team score both the TD and the 2pt conversion is not beneficial.
Yes getting the 2pt conversion ensures the win, IF YOU MAKE IT.
By going for it, you put the pressure of successfully converting it on your team instead of the opposition. That makes no sense to me. I agree with the decision. You have the opportunity to make the opposing team put the ball in the end zone TWICE, you make em do it. The fact the Ravens were not able to stop them is why they lost...not the decision.
If they had gone for two there and missed and then the Skins tied the game on a TD and PAT are you seriously gonna tell me you would have been ok with that? Even so, I would venture the vast vast majority of NFL coaches would not even give going for 2pt there a second thought.“A linebacker's job is to knock out running backs, to knock out receivers, to chase the football,”
-Ray Lewis
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12-09-2012, 06:27 PM #26
Re: Is everybody really overlooking this?
I was shocked with the decision. Basically, the strategy we should have implemented at the beginning of OT backfired on us and all the Redskins needed was a FG to win it after our 3 & Out and they gained great field position on the punt return.
Imagine now the inverse, where we hold them to 3 & Out and Jones runs it back for favorable field position putting us in the position to win it with Tucker's leg.
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12-09-2012, 06:28 PM #27
Re: Is everybody really overlooking this?
My Ravens Blog: Brittany Rants About Football
Ravens-Redskins: Dissecting the Final Drive
"The days are long. But the years are short." - John Harbaugh
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12-09-2012, 06:28 PM #28Veteran Poster
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Re: Is everybody really overlooking this?
Not necessarily true. You kick they score a TD, you lose without getting the ball. Then fans yell at you.
You receive and score a TD and its over.
In general, if the offenses are getting the better of the defenses you certainly receive. If not, it becomes a decision, but still riskier as a coach to kick away (and never see the ball and lose).
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12-09-2012, 06:30 PM #29
Re: Is everybody really overlooking this?
http://www.theredzone.org/Features/T...sionChart.aspx
Thats the chart most NFL coaches go by.....it clearly states taking the PAT.
If you want to make an argument for going for it, its not based on Math its based on gut feeling or a conviction that your D cant keep them out the end zone and stop the two point conversion.“A linebacker's job is to knock out running backs, to knock out receivers, to chase the football,”
-Ray Lewis
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12-09-2012, 06:33 PM #30
Re: Is everybody really overlooking this?
All of your arguments work on the assumption that your defense cant stop them. You cant just make that assumption...even with an injury ridden D
Going for two there would have been dumb. It would have made it easier for the Skins to tie. Instead of arguing about the call which was correct...... worry about the D which let them get it and maybe, just maybe give the Skins some credit for some good playcalling ...something we know nothing about here.“A linebacker's job is to knock out running backs, to knock out receivers, to chase the football,”
-Ray Lewis
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12-09-2012, 06:35 PM #31iggyman555 Guest
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12-09-2012, 06:39 PM #32Veteran Poster
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Re: Is everybody really overlooking this?
You see no scenario except the one you finally mentioned. You succeed, you win. That is the pro. You fail, and the other team, if they score a TD, only has to kick a PAT to tie vs getting a 2-pter. That is the con. They are weighed to determine which decision is better.
No, if you go for 2 and fail all you are doing is saying that IF the other team scores a TD you are going to OT, instead of IF the other team scores a TD and a 2-pter you are going to OT. No pressure, because in either case the worst outcome is OT (ignoring the once-every-two-decades ballsy coaching decision to go for 2 for the win, I think Vermeil was the last).
Your last paragraph can be turned around. You saying "if the worst thing that possibly could happen would have happened would you still be okay with that" is uncompelling, because the answer is obvious. How about "if the team went for the 2 and got it would you not have been ok with that"?
I agree that the vast majority of coaches kick there. For two reasons. One, is that according to league-average success rates for 2-pt conversions the math does say to kick (i.e. the odds of you making a 2-pter or them making their 2-pter are not high enough to make going for it worth it). And two, coaches are way too risk-averse in general. They routinely lower their chances of winning because they over-weight risks and under-weight rewards (and probably factor in that the average fan cannot comprehend the math and would therefore criticize an unconventional, but smart, decision that fails; and criticism is to be avoided for job security)
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12-09-2012, 06:42 PM #33Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: Is everybody really overlooking this?
You can't be serious. There isn't a coach in the world (NFL, College, High school, whatever...)who wouldn't have kicked the extra point to go up by 8. If Harbaugh goes for 2 and doesn't make it, he would be destroyed (and rightfully so) on every NFL tv/radio show in the country.
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12-09-2012, 06:42 PM #34Veteran Poster
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Re: Is everybody really overlooking this?
No, all my assumptions do not work on anything of the sort. Let me find the Dallas thread so I don't have to repeat the arguments.
Stop telling me that a failed risk is bad, while ignoring the good in a successful risk. It is obvious and doesn't support your argument. It would have been easier for the Skins to tie IF we don't get the 2 pointer. That is the cost of a failed decision. The reward of asuccessful decision is that the game is OVER, which is not an option when you kick the PAT.
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12-09-2012, 06:46 PM #36Veteran Poster
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Re: Is everybody really overlooking this?
Wrong it is based on either: above average confidence in your own offense getting it and/or lack of confidence in your defense stopping their two. The chart is basic and uses standard assumptions (probably based on league-wide averages). But every matchup/game does not go according to league average.
Here is how to look at it simply. What if someone assured you that our odds of making the two pointer was 80%. Do you go for it or kick the PAT? In other words, there are 4 black balls and one white ball in a bag, and if you pull out a black ball, we make the 2. Do you kick or go for it?
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