[CBFF] Bad Decision To Go For the FG???

[Jason Cetina]

Yeah. I have to agree.

I was all "WTF" when it happened, but I forgot about it on the last pick.

On a different note, I was thinking about Rex during MNF when Favre through a pick with about 6:30 left in the game.

Very similar situation and play.

Am I alone in this thought?

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:29:57 -0600, Steve Behrens wrote
> I'm still a little surprised there hasn't been more talk about the decision
> to kick the FG with 5 minutes and some odd seconds remaining instead of
> trying for the first down on, what?  4th and 4 or 5?  This decision, more
> than any other, worries me about our ability to make the right call in
> crucial situations (and there have been others).  This probably flies under
> the radar because our defense forced and unlikely T.O. (instead of the
> opponents going 3 and out the coaches were expecting).  But we got the ball
> back and Rex throws the stupid pick, which redirects attention and
> discussion towards that.
> 
> But come on...  you have to go for the First down and continue to drive for
> the tying TD.  If you're going to depend on your defense to win the game,
> you do it in possible O.T., or at the very worst, you don't score, you run
> out of downs, and you have the opponents backed up where the defense can
> maybe tee off a little. It was pretty obvious that Brady was hot and he was
> going to move the ball if he got it back... it was to me.
> 
> Kicking the FG and being down by 4 points still means the Bears offense,
> which was struggling in the second half (to put it mildly) had to drive the
> length of the field for a touchdown anyway.
> 
> You need a TD, one way or another... you're at their doorstep... you show
> some balls and go for it.  Very disappointing call and the worst one of the
> game.
> 
> -Behr
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