Beaker42
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You’re totally football-ignorant.Sigh. No. As I said, there's no benefit whatsoever to waiting.
You’re totally football-ignorant.Sigh. No. As I said, there's no benefit whatsoever to waiting.
yeah, so if the success rate for two point conversions since the NFL adopted it in 1994 is 48%, what statistically significant variable/s existed at 4:57 when MM went for two that didn’t exist (or vice versa) if he had waited to go for two with say, 10 seconds in the game?
be very specific on your quantifiable methodology lol
You're 100% certain that an 8 point game is a one-possession game?Oh lord, no.
It's about possessions. It's always about possessions. You have the opportunity to turn the game into a one possession game, you do it. Every time without fail.
Atlanta intentionally gave us that game. One of the best receivers ever dropped a perfectly thrown TD pass, then 5 Falcons stood around a spinning ball and allowed us to win the game.
If you had that same scenario 1,000 more times, Dallas would lose 1,000 times.
LOL so you don’t make it and STILL LEAVE YOURSELF DOWN TWO SCORES......BRILLIANT!!!
That’s why you DON’T go for 2 there. You take the sure point to make it a 1 score game.
LOL so you don’t make it and STILL LEAVE YOURSELF DOWN TWO SCORES......BRILLIANT!!!
That’s why you DON’T go for 2 there. You take the sure point to make it a 1 score game.
LOL so you don’t make it and STILL LEAVE YOURSELF DOWN TWO SCORES......BRILLIANT!!!
That’s why you DON’T go for 2 there. You take the sure point to make it a 1 score game.
Oh boy.
First of all, of course. Down 15 points with 5 minutes left, you're almost certainly going to lose no matter what you do.
Secondly, an 8-point game is not a one-possession game. It might be, but there's a 50% chance it's a two-possession game. You don't know how many possessions you need when you're 8 points down. Dallas had the opportunity to turn it into a 7-point game, a true one-possession game, and they took it. Didn't work, but at least they knew what to do next. If they kicked the xp and failed the two-pointer at the end, game over.
If your argument is that the chances of a successful 2-point try are comparable or similar to a those of a coin toss...sure.
But saying a 2-point try is no different than coin toss is incorrect. There is literally no skill involved a successful heads or tails result from a coin toss.
99.99% of all football coaches get to within one score by kicking the PAT. You have no way of knowing if you’re going to get one more possession let alone 2. It’s asinine to leave yourself down 2 scores by going for 8 and coming away w/ 6.The benefit of the information you get by going early far far outweighs the fringe possibilities of a safety on the kickoff or...I actually can't think of any other situations where it would be better the other way.
99.99% of all football coaches get to within one score by kicking the PAT. You have no way of knowing if you’re going to get one more possession let alone 2. It’s asinine to leave yourself down 2 scores by going for 8 and coming away w/ 6.
But you assume that if you kick and convert that XP, that you just go into some sort of slow down mode. They still needed to stop the Falcons quickly and score. They would have known what to do no matter what decision they made and they would always remain in a hurry up situation on both sides of the ball. No decision changes that.
Sorry not following - you agree or no with me saying make it a 1-score game there?And if you don't make the final 2 pt conversion on the last play you are still down but with less time to overcome this. I would rather be down with time to react then down with the game being over or a few seconds for an onside kick and then a score.
No. Here are the options:But you assume that if you kick and convert that XP, that you just go into some sort of slow down mode. They still needed to stop the Falcons quickly and score. They would have known what to do no matter what decision they made and they would always remain in a hurry up situation on both sides of the ball. No decision changes that.
yes but the strategy MM employed managed the game time most efficiently and maximized Dallas’ chances of winning the game.
Over the last 5 years, it's actually around 2/3.99.99% of all football coaches get to within one score by kicking the PAT.
It's not about how many possessions you're going to get: you have no control over that. It's about how many possessions you're going to need. And you don't know the answer to that until you know how the 2-pointer worked out. Why wait to get that critical piece of information? Why not get that information now?You have no way of knowing if you’re going to get one more possession let alone 2. It’s asinine to leave yourself down 2 scores by going for 8 and coming away w/ 6.
I completely disagree, because I've watched football teams who were down 8 points with 2-3 minutes left. They do not approach it the way the Cowboys approached that drive Sunday. They approach it as if they were down 7, and take it slow. The information really does change the strategy.As I pointed out, if he made the so called "wrong" decision and went for the XP and missed they would have been in the exact same position. And being down the most points possible at that moment didn't maximize anything. His decision wasn't wrong, but none of the other options would have been wrong decisions, either. They are just decisions.
As I pointed out, if he made the so called "wrong" decision and went for the XP and missed they would have been in the exact same position. And being down the most points possible at that moment didn't maximize anything. His decision wasn't wrong, but none of the other options would have been wrong decisions, either. They are just decisions.
It’s Cowboyszone, so...https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29944126/why-did-cowboys-go-2-9-points-all-knowing-future
ESPN article confirming we made the correct decision.
Are people still arguing against math and logic here?
Good lord no. Going for it early is playing the percentages.
The chances of making the two-point conversion are the same early or late. There's no benefit to waiting. None. People who study the percentages of football have been screaming about this for years.
The efficiency of MM’s decision is shown via time management. The amount of time we had after recovering the onside kick, which was so plentiful that we didn’t need to press AT ALL to drive for a FG was a direct result of MM going for two.
MM didn’t know after we scored at 4:57 when we were going to score again. This is very important to take note of and understand. As it played out we scored with 1:49 left in the game to bring us within 2 points but MM didn’t know that at 4:57. It could just as easily have played out that we scored with 15 seconds left in the game and failed to convert the 2 point conversion. That means we lose the game.
By going for two when he did MM was leaving open more viable paths to victory. It was clearly the right call.