Week 5 Gamethread

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JJ Watt in his prime was one of the best defensive players ever. TJ is arguably the best pass rusher in the NFL right now. I think their a cut above the Bosa's, although Nick is close to DPOY-level.
 
Dollar

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cshea said:
That’s the analytical play.
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Can you explain why? I saw another team earlier today go for 2 instead of kicking the XP to get to within 7. I can understand why you would want to go for 2 when down by 9, but it seems crazy to me to go for 2 there when it's really not advantageous.

edit: eh, I looked up some articles on it, but I don't really buy it. It all really comes down to the team's strengths and weaknesses, not analytics.
 
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Mystic Merlin

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Dollar said:
Can you explain why? I saw another team earlier today go for 2 instead of kicking the XP to get to within 7. I can understand why you would want to go for 2 when down by 9, but it seems crazy to me to go for 2 there when it's really not advantageous.

edit: eh, I looked up some articles on it, but I don't really buy it. It all really comes down to the team's strengths and weaknesses, not analytics.
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These things - prioritizing the strategic actions that are net optimal by the numbers divorced from other contextual factors, and accounting for those contextual factors when making a decision - aren’t mutually exclusive.
 
mauf

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Carolina has to go for it on 4th and short there.
 
johnmd20

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I've noticed the icings this year have been before the ball is snapped.

Finally teams have realized that giving the kicker a free practice kick is a terrible idea. It only took a decade.
 
mauf

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Disagree with the announcers in Arizona. It’s not a game-breaking play if Kyler picks up a couple more yards; he’s right to give himself up there. And the kicker needs to make that kick.
 
luckiestman

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Disagree with the announcers in Arizona. It’s not a game-breaking play if Kyler picks up a couple more yards; he’s right to give himself up there. And the kicker needs to make that kick.
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they need to try to win the game not tie the game
 
Cellar-Door

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luckiestman said:
With a backup kicker who sucks?
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I mean... yes? He's still an NFL kicker. It's not like it's a position player.
What is the other option throwing 1 or 2 25 yard passes into the EZ with every defender waiting on it?

Edit- though it looks like what really happened is ARI coaches thought Kyler got the 1st.
 
DJnVa

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Disagree with the announcers in Arizona. It’s not a game-breaking play if Kyler picks up a couple more yards; he’s right to give himself up there. And the kicker needs to make that kick.
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The giving himself up wasn't necessarily the bad play. They should have had 2 plays called in huddle and not had to spike it.
 
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