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Originally Posted by suzzer99
I think they were better off going for it. Just throw the thing up for grabs at like the 10 yard line and hope they're dumb enough to catch it (assuming our receiver doesn't).
A first down wins the game outright. We can drain basically all the time. A field goal or pooch punt gives them the ball back down two scores with 2:40 left regardless of the outcome. A missed field goal is worse field position than an incomplete pass. If a field goal put us up by 3 scores I'd be more for it.
I do think pooch punt was better than field goal. But I still like going for it slightly better.
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Yes.
My answer changes if a FG takes us from up 14 to up 17. Or hell, even from up 13 to up 16 - now they'd need 2 TDs AND two 2-pt conversions to tie.
But going from 10 to 13 just doesn't do much for me. Gimme the field position that is going to burn the clock down to the 2-minute warning before they get back to where we kicked it from. Once that punt was downed at the 2, the game was over. It might as well have been a touchdown.