Going for 2

ScottyRo · 08-24-2005, 03:56 PM

Well, this is really one of the few complaints I had from the Patriots game. Haslet again early on in a game goes for 2 after a td rather than taking the (so called, right Carney?) easy point.

Yet again it didn't really come back to haunt us, but it could have. After Henderson's TD the score in the 3rd qtr was 22-27 and Has decides to go for 2 to make it 24-27. Why? With so much time left there's no telling how things will work out and that point he gave up in trying in vain to get within 3 might have been the difference between a victory and a loss.

Later in the game, we score the next TD. Rather than kicking an extra point to go up by 3, we are now forced with needing a 2-point conversion to go up by three because of the earlier failed conversion.

I know the game didn't go bad, but, had we failed on the second 2-point conversion as well, NE would have only needed a FG to WIN the game. If Jim had just taken the easy points, he could have kept us out of that possible game losing situation.

Again, I know things went differently and it turned out not to matter because we scored on the second 2 pointer and then got a DT TD, but Jim has a habit of doing this type of thing. Time and time again it comes back to at least make things a little bit closer than they needed to be.

I implore you Jim. Go for two only when it's need to tie the game in the last few minutes of the game or when your team is down by 20+. Stop making things harder than they have to be.

08-24-2005, 03:56 PM	#1
ScottyRo 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Williamsburg, VA (ugh, the food here) Posts: 1,704	Going for 2 Well, this is really one of the few complaints I had from the Patriots game. Haslet again early on in a game goes for 2 after a td rather than taking the (so called, right Carney?) easy point. Yet again it didn't really come back to haunt us, but it could have. After Henderson's TD the score in the 3rd qtr was 22-27 and Has decides to go for 2 to make it 24-27. Why? With so much time left there's no telling how things will work out and that point he gave up in trying in vain to get within 3 might have been the difference between a victory and a loss. Later in the game, we score the next TD. Rather than kicking an extra point to go up by 3, we are now forced with needing a 2-point conversion to go up by three because of the earlier failed conversion. I know the game didn't go bad, but, had we failed on the second 2-point conversion as well, NE would have only needed a FG to WIN the game. If Jim had just taken the easy points, he could have kept us out of that possible game losing situation. Again, I know things went differently and it turned out not to matter because we scored on the second 2 pointer and then got a DT TD, but Jim has a habit of doing this type of thing. Time and time again it comes back to at least make things a little bit closer than they needed to be. I implore you Jim. Go for two only when it's need to tie the game in the last few minutes of the game or when your team is down by 20+. Stop making things harder than they have to be.