Quote: It was 44-16 with less than 2 mins. left. We're already up by 4 touchdowns. What kind of miracle are you expecting from the Colts that you even care to back them up "on his own goalpost' shadow"?

 

I can see the Myers excuse being valid had he continued to struggle, but since he booted every single kick since his miss, it really isn't.

 

I'm not worried about a "miracle" play or outcome, I'm simply saying that the scenario as it laid out made sense to me to go for the extra half yard and subsequent touchdown. If you kick that Field Goal, there is a chance that he misses. If he misses, the ball will be spotted around the eight yard line for Indianapolis to take over. However! If you go for the Touchdown and miss, then the ball is spotted wherever Bortles was stopped, most likely on the one nth line.

 

I'm simply looking at it as you want to make the scenarios your opponents face as difficult as possible. Going for the touchdown accomplishes that from my perspective.

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