Floatyworm
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Sorry. We said it at the time (I say "we" because so many of us said it). 4th and 6th, 1:42 left, you HAVE to try for the first down instead of kicking a FG. Some of you will counter with, "well, that's what the defense is paid to do, make a stop late in the game, with a lead." Sure. That works against Tom Brady as much as it did against Aaron Rodgers a few years back in the playoffs.
A first down there should have put the Cowboys in better FG range while bleeding the clock. Sometimes you've gotta make that unconventional call, especially when going up against the GOAT. Had they not made the first down? Not mad...how could we be? We knew Brady would bring them back anyway.
Funny....I was just telling a buddy...I think I would have went for it as well.....I think we still had all 3 of our timeouts....and our kicker had already botched 2 kicks... But then again...taking the lead is the smart play 99 out of a 100 times.
If McCarthy had gone for it....I could have seen the logic....but boy...then your planting the seed of doubt in your kickers head for the season...and that wouldn't have been good either.