Had the Ravens tied the game, should they have gone for 2?

**yeahravens** · 09-13-2007, 02:33 PM

Let's see, you are on the road, your defense had held the opponent to 100 yards in the half, you have been putting every kickoff in the endzone, and there was 1:30 left (depending on when we scored).

The question to me is if you stop them on defense, how much time will be left and how far would you have to go versus converting a 2 yard play? If you fail, you can still get the ball back and try and kick a field goal. If you convert, and your defense shuts them down you win. If you kick and tie it, you may have to stop them twice, and drive down field and score (assuming you lose the toss).

I think the big deciding factor is if you put them down by one point, they are in 4 down mode. If you tie it, and they fail on 3rd down, they will most likely kick (with some exceptions of down and distance).

So, I say tie it, and rely on your defense and Ed Reed's return ability.

**Greg** · 09-13-2007, 02:37 PM

No, there is only a 35-40% chance of making two and since we were dominating both sides of the ball, sans turnovers, we would be in the best position to score first in OT.

**Raveninwoodlawn** · 09-13-2007, 02:44 PM

No Way.

We were kicking thier ass on defense and the offense actually moved the ball ok when McNair and the funky bunch weren't doing their best keystone cops impersonation.

While that was a sad display...the fact that we were even still in that position after that mess shows how good we can be if we just hang onto the ball.

**Losac** · 09-13-2007, 02:58 PM

Umm, if we failed to make the 2 point conversion, we wouldn't have gotten the ball back. We had no timeouts left, so we would have kicked off and all Cinn had to do was take a knee.

You go for the tie there and take your chances in overtime. Hell, we had like 5 chances to score and couldn't put the ball in the endzone, and you want to try for 2?

**yeahravens** · 09-13-2007, 03:07 PM

Exactly!!!!! Plus stopping them on 3 downs (if a tie) is a lot easier than if they were down and went for it on 4th down all the way down the field.

**Bez513** · 09-13-2007, 04:36 PM

One the road? NO....at home? Maybe...

**psuasskicker** · 09-13-2007, 06:06 PM

They don't tie the game with a TD, still losing by one, and you NEVER go for two there.

- C -

**MrPoeJangles** · 09-13-2007, 06:35 PM

Billick intimated in his press conference after the game that he would have gone for two. I think part of his thinking was the fact that we are playing on a short week and he did not want to go to OT.

**Raven Nurse** · 09-13-2007, 08:01 PM

I would have gone for it as well. I would take my chances with that rather than getting the coin flip.

**The Fanatic** · 09-13-2007, 09:49 PM

Go for 2?!?!

Can you imagine what the fallout what have been like if we went for 2 and didn't make it and losing the game because of a decision like that?

As well as that defense was playing, momentum clearly would have been on our side if we had tied it and forced overtime.

No way I would have gone for 2.

I'd rather lose in overtime to a team we turned the ball over to 5 times rather then lose due to a decision like that.