(09-18-2023, 01:16 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(09-18-2023, 01:12 PM)empty Wrote: They had a chance to make a stop whether they went for it or kicked a field goal.  The difference is by going for it you give yourself another shot at the tie if your defense can't make the stop.  Kicking a FG to go down 5 does nothing for you if you risk never seeing the ball again, which is exactly what happened on the Chiefs drive.  The percentages absolutely side with going for it down 8 with 4 minutes left, I'm honestly surprised at the amount of people arguing we should have kicked the FG.

Goes back to what happened in the 1st half. The Chiefs scored their first TD on the game after you failed that 4th down attempt. It's more so about momentum and the ability to regroup. You're also giving your special teams unit another crack at getting a turnover. 

The best part is that, you don't have to worry about playing the percentages game in the 4th quarter down by 8 with four minutes left had you not tried to win a dick measuring contest to begin with in said 1st half. 

Plenty of blame to go around as cited everywhere. It is what it is. We lost.

There is indeed plenty of blame.  Trevor had an off game.  The line, phew.  That was ugly.  We all agree that execution was lacking.  That's a given in most losses.

But the absolute dagger that sealed the loss was the 4th and 5 in the last minutes of the 2nd Quarter.  You nailed it right on the head.  I don't mind a gamble that's in our favor, 4th and 1 or what not.  But a 4th and 5 is low percentage, especially when you have watched your O-Line get mauled for 25 minutes already!  Read the game.  Just because you like to gamble doesn't mean you don't play the odds!

For [BLEEP] sake, any gambler knows that you don't go all in on a 2, 7, off suit.  No matter how aggressive you are.  You're best bet is to fold it and keep yourself in the game for a better opportunity.  I wouldn't blame Press or Doug for going for it on 4th and 1 and they run it or QB sneak and it's stuffed.

But they went for it on 4th and 5 after watching Trevor Lawrence getting absolutely bombarded for the entire half.  And, what's worse, they run a slow developing play that results in a sack!  This is terrible play calling.  This is terrible coaching.  Your Defense is absolutely monsters all half.  And instead of letting them handle things, you put them against the 8 Ball.  

Your Punter has been dropped balls inside the 10 all half.  Your D, with all that field have found ways to eventually stop Mahommes.  And you decide to gamble on a play that wasn't going to work based on how poorly our O-Line has been playing?

The more I think about it, the more it just makes me laugh at how stupid the choice of going for it at that point was.  Just an absolutely stupid decision.  Calling it a "dick measuring" contest is absolutely correct.  The Greek Philosophers called it "Hubris".  And it usually ends up with the character losing their life.  In this case, if this coaching staff continues to put our team in bad situations, their hubris should result in a coaching change.

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