Haimerej
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Let me explain this way. The score was 39-30 before we attempted the 2 point conversion. Let's assume you take the XP. Now it's 39-31 with 4:30. Assume you manage to stop the Falcons and burn your timeouts. Now you have just under 3 minutes with the ball. You don't want to give the Falcons the ball back, but you gotta get a TD and the 2 point conversion. Oh, and the defence hasn't stopped them very well all game. If you get the score and the 2 points rather quickly (Making the score 39-39), then the Falcons get the ball and just have to march down the field for the game winning field goal. So, then you are kind of forced to try to burn clock to keep them from having a chance at the ball back. But, if you do that and you miss the 2 point conversion, you are screwed (39-37, same result after the second TD we scored). By taking the 2 point conversion when we did, yes, it remained 39-30, but, you have 4:30 left in the game, so plenty of time to score again if you get the onside kick. If you do succeed and make it 39-32, now you are in great shape if everything proceeds as it does in the previous scenario. If you get the ball back in under 3 minutes, you can drain a lot of clock, get the TD, and only have to kick the XP to equalize and send the game to OT. That's why it's the right call to me.
I get your point, but it's built upon the same logic you're arguing against. You're saying that you screw yourself if you run the clock down and miss the 2 pointer. I'm saying you screw yourself if you run the clock and don't score a 2nd TD. I'm essentially arguing that it should be irrelevant to, "know you need 2 more possessions instead of 1," when you're losing a game.