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WhoDat!656 · 01-08-2011, 09:23 PM

Should the Saints have gone for the 1st down/TD instead of kicking the FG when they were inside the 5 yard line?

I think they should have. The defense, (I realize that is a tall order), may have gotten a safety,forced a turnover or forced a punt.

|Mitch| · 01-08-2011, 09:25 PM

In hindsight a lot of things should have been done differently...

WVSaint · 01-08-2011, 09:26 PM

no. there was still over 9 minutes left in the game and our D had just got done shutting down seattle for two or three drives in a row. i thought it was the right call to get the 3.

saintsfan601 · 01-08-2011, 09:27 PM

I said kick the field goal then and I stand by it now.If the defense would have made a tackle.We would have won.

st thomas · 01-08-2011, 09:29 PM

i thought we should have gone for it. it still would have pinned them way back if we failed.but i'm not coach and never will be. they had a plan and it did'nt work out.

darstep · 01-08-2011, 09:43 PM

FG was a good call...2nd-3rd and goal wasn't! Not throwing into the endzone is just sick. Send 4/5 guys low/high in/out and let Brees pick his shot. There was plenty of time left to justify taking the 3 points. There's no justification for not throwing into the endzone from close range when Brees is doing the throwing.

niteadept · 01-08-2011, 09:59 PM

Didn't trust the defense enough tonight. Brees should have forced the issue and gone for it.... I'll always have more faith in Breesus than in any defense!

CheramieIII · 01-08-2011, 09:59 PM

I thought they should've gone for it on 4th down with 4 minutes left in the ballgame. It was 4th and 8 and that's easy for us any other day of the week. No balls on the road equals 0-4 in the playoffs on the road.

rich006 · 01-08-2011, 10:09 PM

I agreed with the FG and also with going for it on 4th and short earlier. It wasn't the play calling that lost the game today, it was the execution on defense.

RailBoss · 01-09-2011, 10:08 AM

Are you kidding the way The D was playing, I wouldn't have left anything up to them.

01-08-2011, 09:23 PM	#1
WhoDat!656 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Shreveport,Louisiana Posts: 16,062	Question for the forum Should the Saints have gone for the 1st down/TD instead of kicking the FG when they were inside the 5 yard line? I think they should have. The defense, (I realize that is a tall order), may have gotten a safety,forced a turnover or forced a punt.

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rich006 100th Post Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 335	I agreed with the FG and also with going for it on 4th and short earlier. It wasn't the play calling that lost the game today, it was the execution on defense.
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\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	In hindsight a lot of things should have been done differently...

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WVSaint 500th Post Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Virginia Posts: 807	no. there was still over 9 minutes left in the game and our D had just got done shutting down seattle for two or three drives in a row. i thought it was the right call to get the 3.

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saintsfan601 100th Post Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Meridian MS Posts: 259	I said kick the field goal then and I stand by it now.If the defense would have made a tackle.We would have won.

01-08-2011, 09:29 PM	#5
st thomas Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: lafayette Posts: 7,753	i thought we should have gone for it. it still would have pinned them way back if we failed.but i'm not coach and never will be. they had a plan and it did'nt work out.

01-08-2011, 09:43 PM	#6
darstep SaintSince67 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PortCity Posts: 2,044	FG was a good call...2nd-3rd and goal wasn't! Not throwing into the endzone is just sick. Send 4/5 guys low/high in/out and let Brees pick his shot. There was plenty of time left to justify taking the 3 points. There's no justification for not throwing into the endzone from close range when Brees is doing the throwing.

01-08-2011, 09:59 PM	#7
niteadept Site Donor Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 520 Blog Entries: 1	Didn't trust the defense enough tonight. Brees should have forced the issue and gone for it.... I'll always have more faith in Breesus than in any defense!

01-08-2011, 09:59 PM	#8
CheramieIII Fan Since 1967 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Nomad Posts: 7,487 Blog Entries: 3	I thought they should've gone for it on 4th down with 4 minutes left in the ballgame. It was 4th and 8 and that's easy for us any other day of the week. No balls on the road equals 0-4 in the playoffs on the road.

01-09-2011, 10:08 AM	#10
RailBoss 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Of The Mason Dixon Line Posts: 7,113	Are you kidding the way The D was playing, I wouldn't have left anything up to them.