RaminExile
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My feeling is you always take the field goal there if you're in range for this simple reason.
You still need at least another first down to score. You might get stopped again and need to kick the FG. So you've taken a risk for exactly no gain if that happens.
I think you go for it on 4th in the following situations.
1. Just outside field goal range. Here the debate is that you can pin them back inside their 20, play good defence and get the ball back in good field position - I'd rather do that most of the time. But if its 4th and INCHES I don't have a problem in going for it.
2. On the goal line. I go for it here every time because even if you don't get in you're backing their punter up against the wall and you're gonna get the ball back in great field position anyway. Lots of good things can happen - blocked and a TD, safety etc.
So according to my rule, I disagreed with the call at the time and I do today.
Whatever, Jeff Fishers the coach and I support him as a fan. I'm not going to second guess every judgement call they make.
EDIT:
Re: the play they ran. I think they called that trap play because they'd already run it once before on 4th down and it worked so they were kind of thinking "if it aint broke". I don't have a problem with that either.
I agree though with the above posters that I'd usually prefer to see a quicker developing play there on 4th and inches - a QB sneak is really hard to stop.
You still need at least another first down to score. You might get stopped again and need to kick the FG. So you've taken a risk for exactly no gain if that happens.
I think you go for it on 4th in the following situations.
1. Just outside field goal range. Here the debate is that you can pin them back inside their 20, play good defence and get the ball back in good field position - I'd rather do that most of the time. But if its 4th and INCHES I don't have a problem in going for it.
2. On the goal line. I go for it here every time because even if you don't get in you're backing their punter up against the wall and you're gonna get the ball back in great field position anyway. Lots of good things can happen - blocked and a TD, safety etc.
So according to my rule, I disagreed with the call at the time and I do today.
Whatever, Jeff Fishers the coach and I support him as a fan. I'm not going to second guess every judgement call they make.
EDIT:
Re: the play they ran. I think they called that trap play because they'd already run it once before on 4th down and it worked so they were kind of thinking "if it aint broke". I don't have a problem with that either.
I agree though with the above posters that I'd usually prefer to see a quicker developing play there on 4th and inches - a QB sneak is really hard to stop.