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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
I hate the argument that the leading team should take their foot of the gas for sportsmanship. If, at a certain point BOTH teams remove starters to prevent injury, fine. That would make more sense to me, but the losing teams always drag out the clock and try to put points on the board. Nothing makes me laugh harder then when Trent Green/Mark Bulger or some other QB on an 0-5 - 0-8 team runs the no huddle offense in the fourth quarter down by 100. Stupid.
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One comparison that p***** me off made on Sirius NFL radio yesterday was a Pats fan called in and said "How come no-one's talking about the Saints going for it on 4th and 2 late in the 4th quarter with a 21 point lead?" Please! The ball was on the Niners 4 yard line, the Saints knew they had won, they didnt want to kick the FG to add onto it, and they didnt want to kneel on it either as thats kind of disrespectful I think when theres still over 2 mins to play.
On that 4th & 2, Payton called a straight run up the gut by Aaron Stecker. Believe me, if Payton actually was really trying to score, he's the last guy to call a straight up the gut run play, especially when a)Deuce is out for the year, 2)Reggie's out for the game, 3)Pierre Thomas is our big N/S back now, not Stecker. Payton wouldve obviously taken the points but Im sure he knew his odds of picking up those 2 yards with Stecker probably werent very good(and it didnt work either).