GhostOfPelluer
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But how many of those coaches would rather be down 7 with 5 minutes to go? That's what the play is attempting to do and had a 50/50 chance of accomplishing. Your strawman NFL coaches would have been wrong to wait and likely lost the game when the conversion was missed. Conventional wisdom is a misnomer in this instance.But here's the reality of it all. If they kicked the extra point instead of the 2 point try they would have been down by only 8 points. Now if the other 31 head coaches were asked if they would rather be down by only 8 points with 5 minutes left or down by 9 points with only 5 minutes left knowing that it would require trying a play with only a 2% chance of success, just how many real NFL coaches, not wannabe fan head coaches, would chose being down by 9 instead of 8 points? Now don't say they would still need that field goal to win because those coaches wouldn't try that on-side kick if they made the 2 point attempt and in a tie game with under 2 minutes left because the on-side kick only has a 2% chance of working and that means that if they did that there would be a 98% chance that they would be giving the ball to the falcons at the Cowboys 45 yard line and only need 10-12 yards to kick the winning field goal. NFL coaches would have kicked off and taken their chances on holding them and try winning in OT.
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