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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
That was on display last night in the first game with both teams taking turns playing prevent to win on their final defensive drives. Raiders also went conservative in the 2nd half making the game closer than it should have been. It's just ingrained into coach's heads to play the percentages but IMO teams should stick to playing the scheme that got them to the point in the game they were in position to win. Prevent defense only works if your opponent can't execute the simplest of passing plays and even bad teams can do that in this day and age.
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IMO coaches do it because it's harder to blame them for a negative outcome when they made the 'safe/right' call and at the end of the day it's all about job security.
Play to win and something goes sideways? Blame the coach for poor play calling.
Pay it safe and something goes sideways? Blame the players because they did not execute properly.