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As someone else stated, the biggest "mistake" is the 3rd down playcall. If you know you plan on going for it on 4th down you call a different 3rd down play.

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11-16-2009 , 01:10 AM

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I'm a stats guy and I thought it was incredibly stupid.

I'm a guy with a big c.ock and I thought it was the right play.

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11-16-2009 , 01:10 AM

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The thing that gets me is that a coach finally has the guts to try something, and one of his former players is on TV immediately afterword saying that it was the worst decision that he has ever made.

joe ponsanski would call that fanbole. harrison was probably butthurt that belichick basically told the defense that they're terrible.

i wonder if going for it on 4th and 13 in the 2007 super bowl was worse

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11-16-2009 , 01:11 AM

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slightly disagree.
if the defense had shown anything the prev 2 poss i think they should clearly kick it. but the D was playing so badly that its a minor mistake at best. that combined with our chances of converting 4th and 2 being as good as any team in the league of course.

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11-16-2009 , 01:11 AM

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i wonder if going for it on 4th and 13 in the 2007 super bowl was worse

yes easily i still can't believe he did that

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11-16-2009 , 01:12 AM

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I'm genuinely shocked at how ******ed this forum is.

HOW ARE YOU ALL IGNORING THE PHANTOM PI CALL??????????

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11-16-2009 , 01:13 AM

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Quick Google search said 3rd and 2 is about 55% to convert.

If that is the case, are people here really saying that the Colts are an underdog to receive the punt and get back to the same 30 yard line against a no-TD defense?

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11-16-2009 , 01:13 AM

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Is it correct that this is the decision:

% of time that Colts score if you punt

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(% of time Colts stop you on 4th and 2) x (% of time Colts score if they take over on downs)

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11-16-2009 , 01:13 AM

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Lots of recent form bias going into the Manning scoring probabilities.

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11-16-2009 , 01:14 AM

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If you're going to go for it on fourth down then please God run it on third.

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11-16-2009 , 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Riverman

I'm genuinely shocked at how ******ed this forum is.

HOW ARE YOU ALL IGNORING THE PHANTOM PI CALL??????????

Because it's irrelevant to the question here?

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11-16-2009 , 01:14 AM

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yes especially with only 1 timeout

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11-16-2009 , 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Riverman

I'm genuinely shocked at how ******ed this forum is.

HOW ARE YOU ALL IGNORING THE PHANTOM PI CALL??????????

Because it happens every time these two teams play now? Notice how the Colts only beat NE after Archie cried to the NFL about the PI rules and they got changed? Strange coincidence if you ask me. Oh well, nothing will top the 15 yard roughing penalty in the 2006 AFC champ game when Peyton got tapped on the helmet by accident. Just wasn't meant to be tonight, but they'll get them next. Pats dominated the game for so long and are still in a great position to easily lock up the division and make the playoffs for a rematch. Meanwhile the Colts will continue to slide by mediocre teams, and get gifts to beat the good ones (cough*Houston*cough).

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11-16-2009 , 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Assani Fisher

Is it correct that this is the decision:

% of time that Colts score if you punt

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(% of time Colts stop you on 4th and 2) x (% of time Colts score if they take over on downs)

Yes, but as I keep pointing out, both of those computations involve scoring from the 30 yard line with plenty of time. So you can simplify, without really losing accuracy, to compare:

% of time Colts stop you

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% of time Colts receive a punt and drive back to the 30 yard line.

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11-16-2009 , 01:16 AM

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I would argue that Brady and the Pats are better than league average, but let's use 55%.

The % of time they can stop from 30 yards out needs to exceed them stopping the 70 by 55%. I just don't see it.

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11-16-2009 , 01:17 AM

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yes especially with only 1 timeout

His question doesn't even make any sense.

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11-16-2009 , 01:17 AM

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The thing that gets me is that a coach finally has the guts to try something, and one of his former players is on TV immediately afterword saying that it was the worst decision that he has ever made.

because rodney harrison is an idiot. this and dungy saying that you absolutely have to punt makes me lose even more respect for him as a HC

maybe punting is the right call, but by no way is it absolute

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As someone else stated, the biggest "mistake" is the 3rd down playcall. If you know you plan on going for it on 4th down you call a different 3rd down play.

100% agree

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Originally Posted by Caldarooni

I'm a guy with a big c.ock and I thought it was the right play.

A+

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11-16-2009 , 01:18 AM

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lol @ francesa.... IMAGINE IF KOTITE DID THIS

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11-16-2009 , 01:18 AM

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His question doesn't even make any sense.

yea

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11-16-2009 , 01:18 AM

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Jesus, I know you all think I'm a ****** but going for it there is clearly correct, all the other clock management decisions aside. It's really not close. And of course it's already started on ESPN, "OMG THING OF THE MESSAGE SENT TO THE DEFENSE!"

This. It is not even a close decision.

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11-16-2009 , 01:19 AM

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11-16-2009 , 01:20 AM

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one question: if your are a defensive player on that last play and you think the guy you are covering has any chance of catching the game winning TD don't u just tackle the guy and take the PI?

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11-16-2009 , 01:20 AM

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That whole series and the aftermath was a horrendous botch-up and played incredibly inconsistently.

If you're scared enough of Peyton that you want to make a ballsy push on 4th to go for it, the play calling on 3rd was execrable. If you know you're going to go for it on 4th they should be rushing it twice and burning some additional clock as well.

why? how does burning 5 seconds of clock help you? even if there was no 2min warning effect and you could burn 40 sec of clock, how does that help you? 1:20 from the 30 is not significantly more difficult than 2min from the 30.

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11-16-2009 , 01:20 AM

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Since when does punting guarantee the Colts have to go 70 yards btw?

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11-16-2009 , 01:21 AM

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Watching the replay I think it's pretty clear he gained possession at a spot much further up the field than it was spotted.

Could have very well gotten it.

not relevant to the discussion though

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