Not going for 2....

[petegz28]

Twice yesterday you would have thought it was a situation to go for 2. When we scored the first TD if you go for 2 and get it then it's a tie game.

Too early? Okay....

When we scored our last two TD's we should have gone for 2 at least once. You make it a 3 pt game if you get it otherwise it's a 1 or 2 pt game which is insignificant.

It all came down to a 67 yard field goal attempt that in the past some lucky **** would have made against us.

Yesterday was not a great game for any aspect of the team until the offense finally started moving.

Too many missed chances.
Too many penalties on defense.
Too many 3rd down conversions allowed.
Too many 4th down conversions allowed.
Getting burned on a fake punt.
Bad clock management at the end of the 1st half.
Terrible game from Breeland.

It took a Mahomes-Kelce-Hill effort to eek out what should have never have been a close game. These games happen and in the past we have been on the wrong side of the score. This wasn't the Raiders game where we were playing a division opponent and the Refs. This was us beating us in every aspect of the game for about 45 minutes.

Happy we got the win but hopefully the bye week wakes up a bit.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

^this^

Yesterday's misses all came on the same end, that wind was crazy swirling, each teams kick on that end was an adventure with the ball moving right to left 10-15 yards.

The PAT miss was even a double doinker, it was as close as it gets, without going in... Butker will be fine, he will finish strong. JMO

Personally I thought we should have gone for 2 on the first TD. You miss it then you're down by 2 instead of 1. You get it and you tie the game and essentially tell the Panthers all their trick plays and going for it on 4th down and such just got them a 0-0 game. Plus we really had them on their heels that drive and had some momentum going.

[Molitoth]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Personally I thought we should have gone for 2 on the first TD. You miss it then you're down by 2 instead of 1. You get it and you tie the game and essentially tell the Panthers all their trick plays and going for it on 4th down and such just got them a 0-0 game. Plus we really had them on their heels that drive and had some momentum going.

I agree with you here.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

The more I thought about it, the more I realized the fake punt was only going to be used in an “easy” game. In a must win or against a worthy foe, no way you’re taking Mahomes off the field. I’m sure we’d all take Mahomes and company vs the surprise of a fake punt attempt any day and Andy would to. I think he threw Toub a bone.

I was happy to see the fake punt in an easy game. It might give Andy a little more confidence to try the fake punt in a more critical situation. And it is one more thing for opponents to worry about.

Right before KC gave up the fake punt conversion, I told my buddy they should worry about the fake punt because of field position and them being aggressive. I was annoyed that was more apparent to me than it was to the team.

[Chief Pagan]

If the analytics say you can average more points going for 2 than going for 1, then I think you should at least think about that being the default choice.

Fair point made above about using up short yardage scoring plays, though.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

If the analytics say you can average more points going for 2 than going for 1, then I think you should at least think about that being the default choice.

Fair point made above about using up short yardage scoring plays, though.

I'm typically not a fan of going for 2 unless you need too late in the game. The way this game was going though I thought we should have gone for it to tie the game at 14. But later in the game I thought we should have tried at least once. I understand keeping it a 9 point game as it makes it a 2 score game but the way that game was going and the way our defense was playing I thought we needed to have a 3pt lead because they were moving the ball up and down the field most of the game with ease. Keeping them out of FG range was something we didn't do a lot of all game long.

[cabletech94]

Ban all kickers!!!