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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
I considered starting my first thread about Alex Smith instead of Graham. But my thoughts were since the Niners offense isn't as high powered as the Saints, it was more important for them to go ahead and score in that situation.
The odds of the Saints laying down at the 5 and still scoring were much higher than the Niners odds based on redzone effectiveness.
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But it is actually a legitimate decision in the Niners case, because they only needed a FG and Akers will make that chipshot 98% of the time. As he was running into the endzone, I thought it was the wrong move. I was sure NO would score a TD and was saying the best they can hope for is a tie by converting the 2. The choice is between a TD beating/tie you and they have 2:10 and a timeout vs having 30 seconds and no timeouts to get into FG range. I think the 30 seconds and no timeouts will typically be more successful vs elite QBs.