West TX Hawk
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14:13 left in the game, down 20-13, our own 35 yard line, 4th and 1. This is not about Geno’s slide the play before, but strictly MM’s decision to go for it in this situation. What was your genuine thought at the time MM made the decision? Would you have punted? Did our offense need a spark as Tiki put it or was this just way too risky? Or did you support going for it but not Grubb’s play call?
While it’s easy to say if it worked it must’ve been the right call but since it didn’t, it wasn’t as the Giants then went up 23-13, I’m more curious if we’ll see similarly aggressive but risky tactics from MM in the future and if this is also becoming more common league wide.
For me, I actually agreed with the call and appreciated the aggressive nature of MM. Our defense at the time hadn’t shown any real capability of consistently stopping them so might as well go for it. I even thought the play-action call was sound as it may have caught the Giants D off guard. Alas, it certainly didn’t work but I can understand the reasoning and maybe down the road this type of thinking might win an important game.
While it’s easy to say if it worked it must’ve been the right call but since it didn’t, it wasn’t as the Giants then went up 23-13, I’m more curious if we’ll see similarly aggressive but risky tactics from MM in the future and if this is also becoming more common league wide.
For me, I actually agreed with the call and appreciated the aggressive nature of MM. Our defense at the time hadn’t shown any real capability of consistently stopping them so might as well go for it. I even thought the play-action call was sound as it may have caught the Giants D off guard. Alas, it certainly didn’t work but I can understand the reasoning and maybe down the road this type of thinking might win an important game.
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