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Bill believed in his defense.
He had no objective reason to
Bill believed in his defense.
The previous 4 Dallas drives went for 55, 50, 66 and 80 yards. From the 20-yard line, 50 yards moves you into fairly comfortable FG range. Granted that you'd like the punt to pin Dallas a little deeper, but still, why just give the ball up without a fight to a team that's been doing that to you, when you can try a very makeable 4th-and-3 conversion instead?Bill believed in his defense. His gamble backfired. Welcome to 2-4 Bill.
Exactly. MM called a very questionably dumb game. Thank God we still won thoughMcCarthy should have punted during our Cowboys 1st series where it was 4th & 1 inside our own 35. It gifted the Patriots an easy 7 points. Maybe McCarthy's terrible "analytics" game management scared Belichick into punting?
The Patriots averaged 10.9 yards per pass attempt today (this stat excludes sacks)
The Patriots averaged 4.4 yards per rush attempt
So what did Belichick do in overtime needing just 3 yards with the Pats at their own 46?
He did what other traditional dinosaur coaches do: punted. Surrendered the ball for 34 yards of field, which wasn't likely to matter to the Cowboys offense, which gobbled up 567 yards on the day.
The sport is getting smarter. People like Bill...are not.
Especially with a limited QB who isn't a real down field threat. That 75 yard pass is a major outlier with JonesIt was the right call to punt. I don’t care what the stats say. You don’t go for it there.
Are you serious? You do not go for it there, you punt.
His 6 Super bowl rings tell different story.The Patriots averaged 10.9 yards per pass attempt today (this stat excludes sacks)
The Patriots averaged 4.4 yards per rush attempt
So what did Belichick do in overtime needing just 3 yards with the Pats at their own 46?
He did what other traditional dinosaur coaches do: punted. Surrendered the ball for 34 yards of field, which wasn't likely to matter to the Cowboys offense, which gobbled up 567 yards on the day.
The sport is getting smarter. People like Bill...are not.
Especially with a limited QB who isn't a real down field threat. That 75 yard pass is a major outlier with Jones
I don't get it. If that's the case, you'd rather punt, hope to hold Dallas when all we need is a FG (pretty dubious), and then get the ball back with worse field position than you have right nowEspecially with a limited QB who isn't a real down field threat. That 75 yard pass is a major outlier with Jones
His 6 Super bowl rings tell different story.
BB made the right decision. You didn’t post the stat for 4th and 3 conversion rates and you also didn’t post the stat about chances the offense scores from 40 yards out vs 80 yards out.The Patriots averaged 10.9 yards per pass attempt today (this stat excludes sacks)
The Patriots averaged 4.4 yards per rush attempt
So what did Belichick do in overtime needing just 3 yards with the Pats at their own 46?
He did what other traditional dinosaur coaches do: punted. Surrendered the ball for 34 yards of field, which wasn't likely to matter to the Cowboys offense, which gobbled up 567 yards on the day.
The sport is getting smarter. People like Bill...are not.
Well all the rhetorical reasons you claim the"gotta punt" will use are about as logical as the premise the op gives for saying bill shouldn't have punted because that is solely based on the probability of him making it and the 20/20 vision we now have. At least the punt it crowd has years of stats and risk calculations to base there opinion on.I'm still waiting for one "gotta-punt-it-there" poster to give a single argument, any logic or reasoning. "You just can't," "Are you serious", "Gotta play the game the right way.".....those aren't logical arguments, gents.
Will the morning crew step in and deliver something worth thinking about? (My hunch is: no. The thread will then die from a lack of worthy opposition.)
I agree. If you’re playing against a powerhouse offense, you have to play to win and take risks that you typically wouldn’t.
Belichick didn’t do that, and it cost them.
The Patriots averaged 10.9 yards per pass attempt today (this stat excludes sacks)
The Patriots averaged 4.4 yards per rush attempt
So what did Belichick do in overtime needing just 3 yards with the Pats at their own 46?
He did what other traditional dinosaur coaches do: punted. Surrendered the ball for 34 yards of field, which wasn't likely to matter to the Cowboys offense, which gobbled up 567 yards on the day.
The sport is getting smarter. People like Bill...are not.
oh my goodness, another from the always go for it on 4th brigade. You guys are funnyThe Patriots averaged 10.9 yards per pass attempt today (this stat excludes sacks)
The Patriots averaged 4.4 yards per rush attempt
So what did Belichick do in overtime needing just 3 yards with the Pats at their own 46?
He did what other traditional dinosaur coaches do: punted. Surrendered the ball for 34 yards of field, which wasn't likely to matter to the Cowboys offense, which gobbled up 567 yards on the day.
The sport is getting smarter. People like Bill...are not.