giantsfan Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 You have Brees carving them up. It is 1st down. Why not run another 2 plays. Maybe 1 more pass and 1 more run. I get the fact that you can say what about a TO. I get the fact that you can say that is like a 95% kick. I get the fact that you can say bottom line is Hartley has to make the kick. BUT I just don't understand why you kick on 1st. I would have run once and had Brees pass once. Then kick on 3rd in case of a bad snap. I just don't see the upside of kicking on 1st down. YES it is a bit nit picky, but again what is the upside of kicking on 1st? Are you SO scared of a TO in that spot? All these teams play for FG's in OT, and I never get it. Especially after rolling down the field and it was FIRST down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 At least run the ball two more times. That was dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilthorp Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 It can be interpreted as an arrogant decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerLeagueQB Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 If you run the ball you run the improbable chance of fumbling the ball.. it's improbable but it could happen. He was close enough that it should have been an easy field goal for Hartley. I think they did the right thing on kicking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantsfan Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 My take is you have 1 of the 3 or 4 best players in the league, you are carving them up, why not give Brees a shot to throw a TD there and not have to get caught up in a young kicker making a game winning FG. Again you can say nit picky, but to me I'm just not sure I see the upside of kicking on 1st OR the downside to be so scared to run two more plays. At any rate, it makes the NFC South a race now. If NO won that division might have been done already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorttynaz Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 (edited) If you run the ball you run the improbable chance of fumbling the ball.. it's improbable but it could happen. He was close enough that it should have been an easy field goal for Hartley. I think they did the right thing on kicking... +1 I too think it was the right call. Possibility of a Center/QB fumble or a RB handoff fumble. I mean it was what, a 25 or 27 yarder?? SHOULD have been money in the bank... VERY happy to see Atlanta win though. IMO, they're the better team Edited September 26, 2010 by Shorttynaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyOne Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 I think they were righ to go for it. To win all they needed was a FG, and under 30 yards you want to get that everytime. This is on the kicker, not the coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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