2020 UJR NFL Football Pool: Conference Championships
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2020 UJR NFL Football Pool: Conference Championships
Sunday, January 24
Tampa Bay at Green Bay (-3.5)
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Tampa Bay + 3.5
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You have to think that State Farm is going to be putting some voodoo on these games to make sure its Green Bay v KC in the State Farm Commercial Super Bowl.
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You have to think that State Farm is going to be putting some voodoo on these games to make sure its Green Bay v KC in the State Farm Commercial Super Bowl.
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KC -3
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Why kick a field goal with 2 minutes left down by 8?
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Since the beginning of the Super Bowl era (almost 60 years), the league has never had a home team hosting until now. Most thought since the last 50 has been tickets mainly for sponsors, corps. etc it wouldn't matter. This year it may with a 22,000 crowd cap, mostly local fans.
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i highly doubt they will count vaccinated people toward the crowd cap. i can't imagine why they would.CentralTexasCrude wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:38 am Since the beginning of the Super Bowl era (almost 60 years), the league has never had a home team hosting until now. Most thought since the last 50 has been tickets mainly for sponsors, corps. etc it wouldn't matter. This year it may with a 22,000 crowd cap, mostly local fans.
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Take the field goal. Hold Tampa to a 3 and out. Give Rodgers the ball back with 1:30 left on the clock.
It was a long shot for sure, but I can see why they did it.
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Yeah, that part is pretty obvious. But if you are betting it all on your ability to hold Tampa to a 3 and out, then why not go for it on 4th down and if you fuck that up you will hold them to 3 and out.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:14 amTake the field goal. Hold Tampa to a 3 and out. Give Rodgers the ball back with 1:30 left on the clock.
It was a long shot for sure, but I can see why they did it.
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Yeah, there's that. But they had 1st down on the Tampa 8. 1st down... nothing. 2nd down... nothing. 3rd down... nothing. It wasn't looking very good.Animal wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:20 amYeah, that part is pretty obvious. But if you are betting it all on your ability to hold Tampa to a 3 and out, then why not go for it on 4th down and if you fuck that up you will hold them to 3 and out.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:14 amTake the field goal. Hold Tampa to a 3 and out. Give Rodgers the ball back with 1:30 left on the clock.
It was a long shot for sure, but I can see why they did it.
Take the field goal then play for the win instead of playing for a tie.
That's all I can figure.
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I have no doubt their logic was sound. Those guys study that shit exponentially to what we understand. I was listening on the radio driving, so I wasn't all that aware of the 3 plays prior to the decision. Momentum is one thing that computers can't measure. Only coaches can gauge that in the moment.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:29 amYeah, there's that. But they had 1st down on the Tampa 8. 1st down... nothing. 2nd down... nothing. 3rd down... nothing. It wasn't looking very good.Animal wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:20 amYeah, that part is pretty obvious. But if you are betting it all on your ability to hold Tampa to a 3 and out, then why not go for it on 4th down and if you fuck that up you will hold them to 3 and out.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:14 amTake the field goal. Hold Tampa to a 3 and out. Give Rodgers the ball back with 1:30 left on the clock.
It was a long shot for sure, but I can see why they did it.
Take the field goal then play for the win instead of playing for a tie.
That's all I can figure.
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You gotta go for it on that 4th down. Worst case scenario is they turn it over on downs DEEP in Tampa territory. Then you hold Brady and get it back. There is no difference in losing by 8 or losing by 5.
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I have to agree after thinking about it. If your entire premise is that you truly believe you can hold the other team to 3 and out, which would have to be the case if you kick a field goal, knowing you MUST get a TD in less than 2 minutes, then the logic only makes sense to go for it on 4th down.
First of all, you are on the 8 yard line. You can't get a much better location to score a TD from than that. If it works, you try to go for 2 and if you get it you are golden. If you fail then you still hold them to a 3 and out and now all you need is a field goal rather than a TD.
If you fail at the 4th down, then you have them pinned on the 8 yard line, instead of the 20 or 25 yard line that you would have had if you kicked off after a field goal. In terms of clock management, field position, and odds on scoring, it makes so much more sense to go for it on 4th down than kicking a field goal.
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That is going to be one of those "what if" questions that entire team will be asking themselves for a looooong time.
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