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Old 10-19-2021, 10:24 AM   #1025
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis View Post
You don't see the upside because you continue to use 1990s NFL thinking. I mean you are a Raider fan, you have literally seen first hand this year how easy it is to get into FG range in two plays with no timeouts (and the Titans had all three so...). Even kicking on fourth and inches the Bills were more likely to lose than win. In 2020s NFL you have to play aggressive and to win. It didn't work out, but if they play again tomorrow and do the same the Bills win. And more often than not the Bills win doing what they did. Don't you always take the chance that is more likely to succeed, one that is backed by statistical evidence? Kicking the FG is actually playing a hunch and taking a risk, far more than going for it.
It's always generally been more profitable to be aggressive in football. Football coaches are just kind of luddites and as such it took the internet era and analytics to actually demonstrate this to them with concrete numbers.
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