not gonna defend Daboll generally -- not sure if he's any good, but I see the case for the FG there. The Giants could not run the ball to save their lives. 4th-and-goal at the 3 with no threat of run and Dimes having zero feel once the pressure was applied was tough. FG in that spot with Mahomes or even Jayden Daniels, I would agree it w…
not gonna defend Daboll generally -- not sure if he's any good, but I see the case for the FG there. The Giants could not run the ball to save their lives. 4th-and-goal at the 3 with no threat of run and Dimes having zero feel once the pressure was applied was tough. FG in that spot with Mahomes or even Jayden Daniels, I would agree it was cowardice. But I personally had no faith in them converting there either. And you saw them fail in desperation too.
I'm surprised you feel that way. That is very unlike you.
A) the 3 points doesn't give you the lead.
B) Even if you don't score the touchdown when going for it, the Cowboys are buried in their own territory in a game where neither team was consistently moving the ball.
C) By scoring the 3, you now instead give the Cowboys solid field position from the kickoff which is even more the case now with the inane new rules of said kickoff.
D) It's even more dangerous to give the field position bailout to a team like the Cowboys with Aubrey, who can easily get the 3 points back barely crossing the fifty yard line (which is exactly what happened).
We can argue the metric junkies stuff which typically i agree with you on, but this is one of those obvious math plays where the decision is just so lopsidedly one way, irrespective of personnel and game flow. I don't care if Jones isn't good or the running game is iffy. You have Nabers who is awesome and Wandale is meant to get 3 yards on key downs. Even that doesn't matter. There's just no room for cowardice there.
I predict that you will be calling for Daboll's head at some point this season.
I might, but my subjective feeling was they weren't gonna make it, either. Wasn't mad about the FG. And the generic math applies to decks of cards and coin flips much more than NFL games. Not saying it was better, only that I totally understood the decision, didn't think it was insane.
not gonna defend Daboll generally -- not sure if he's any good, but I see the case for the FG there. The Giants could not run the ball to save their lives. 4th-and-goal at the 3 with no threat of run and Dimes having zero feel once the pressure was applied was tough. FG in that spot with Mahomes or even Jayden Daniels, I would agree it was cowardice. But I personally had no faith in them converting there either. And you saw them fail in desperation too.
I'm surprised you feel that way. That is very unlike you.
A) the 3 points doesn't give you the lead.
B) Even if you don't score the touchdown when going for it, the Cowboys are buried in their own territory in a game where neither team was consistently moving the ball.
C) By scoring the 3, you now instead give the Cowboys solid field position from the kickoff which is even more the case now with the inane new rules of said kickoff.
D) It's even more dangerous to give the field position bailout to a team like the Cowboys with Aubrey, who can easily get the 3 points back barely crossing the fifty yard line (which is exactly what happened).
We can argue the metric junkies stuff which typically i agree with you on, but this is one of those obvious math plays where the decision is just so lopsidedly one way, irrespective of personnel and game flow. I don't care if Jones isn't good or the running game is iffy. You have Nabers who is awesome and Wandale is meant to get 3 yards on key downs. Even that doesn't matter. There's just no room for cowardice there.
I predict that you will be calling for Daboll's head at some point this season.
I might, but my subjective feeling was they weren't gonna make it, either. Wasn't mad about the FG. And the generic math applies to decks of cards and coin flips much more than NFL games. Not saying it was better, only that I totally understood the decision, didn't think it was insane.