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Originally Posted by Toro
What about yesterday's 4th down decisions? The first one he punted and I thought he should have gone for that one. The second one he went for it and I thought he should have taken the field goal.
The 1st one was on his own 42 or 43 yard line after Miami just made i 14-7, they don't get it and Miami is well on its way to tying the game up in a flash after being down 14 points. The second one they should have @ least kept Welker on the field to make the Fins cover him and think about the pass.
One thing I believe is that on 4th down and short in the 1st half, or early in the 3rd quarter depending on the score when you are in 32ish to 48ish yard FG range you should always take the FG because even if you get the 1st down, there is a good chance you'll end up kicking a FG anyway later on in the drive.
There are conditions to this, for example if your kicker sucks or you have an elite offense and you will get a TD a large percentage of the time if you do convert.