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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Kinda. Lawyer. Mostly just a sit ass and make assistants write for me for a living now. But I used to.
But to be completely clear - DURING the game I absolutely thought Lynn ****ed up. And this morning I was still pretty on the fence about it.
But man, with the benefit of being able to freeze the game at them moment the decision had to be made, there's a LOT of justification for Lynn punting it away. In some ways I think Lynn punting shows a far GREATER grasp of how the whole game was going.
I think Lynn considered all these things that he's being barbecued for and he considered them and made a decision in the heat of battle that took me 18 hours to come to the same conclusion on.
I don't think Lynn's a remarkable coach - but I think he's a solid one and I think he made a wholly defensible decision that looks better the more analysis one is willing to give it.
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My gut call at the time was "Punt". Penalty for failure was too high.
Hine sight is 20-20. A chiefs muffed punt, or other turnover, and Lynn is a genius.