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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The underrated bad coaching decision of the night was McDaniels bypassing the 4th and 1 to kick the FG to go up 17-0. What made it even weirder is they had already gone for a 4th and 1 in their own half of the field (and got a TD out of it). If you feel like you have to go for it on 4th down in your own half, you should surely feel the same at the opponents 34. And sure enough the Chiefs woke up and scored on five straight drives after that. Can't be kicking FGs in that situation.
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But it's to go up three possessions. Going for it on 4th and 1 in their own half in a 0-0 game, and throwing it deep, was equivalent to a fake punt, a surprise play. You can't do that every time, as you saw from the final play of the game.