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Originally Posted by Sainters7
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).
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Too much grey area. There will never be a correct answer unless we forget about hurting other peoples feelings and just play full out every possession.
NE is playing the correct way and hopefully they run the table so that other teams copy them. Enough of this chicken coaching where a team with the lead runs the ball 3 times for 0 yards, punts and then plays a prevent defense that prevents them from winning.