Odds of losing by giving Brady the ball with 1 minute on the clock and one time out (call it 20%) versus odds of missing a field goal from the 1 yard line (call it 3%).
Posted 2/6/2012 3:05 am : Edited 2/6/2012 3:08 am
In that situation, you want to down the ball on the one yard line, run out the clock, kick the field goal, and give NO TIME for the other team to come back.
Ahmad Bradshaw f-cked up. By going in to the endzone, he gave Tom Brady and the Patriots nearly a minute to drive down the field, and it nearly cost the Giants the Super Bowl.
1. At the 2 minute mark the Giants were already in chip shot range. The Patriots wasted a timeout and more than a minute for no reason before they eventually let NY score.
2. This is the most strange...the Giants RB stops at the 1 yard line, so he CLEARLY knew that he wasnt supposed to score a TD there. How is it possible that you ACCIDENTALLY score a touchdown?
Since childhood, a RB is conditioned to blast forward as much as possible.
If you watch the above videos of Maurice Jones Drew and Brian Westbrook, it's actually a struggle for them to go from full speed, to kneel down at the 1 yd line.
Ahmad Bradshaw tried, but stumbled a bit, and fell into the endzone.
Why don't you do an expirement. Find a room in your house where you've got about 15-20 feet in front of an open door. Now stand as far away from the door as you can, and take off running full speed towards it, then try to stop about 6 inches away from it without crossing over the threshold.
Now imagine doing that with 30lbs of equipment on your back, and a bunch of 300 lb guys coming at you.
He wasnt making a split second decision on the fly.
The fact that he "tried" to stop means that he knew he was supposed to not score before the play began (or would have in theory if the NFL wasnt trying to give the Patriots the ball back).
In other words, he somehow couldnt help but do the ONE THING that he wasnt supposed to do.
Why are you doing any of that if the point ISNT TO SCORE?
If you are trying to score a TD, you dont slow down. If you ARENT trying to score a TD, why are you running full speed up to the 6 inch line only to stop?
Posted 2/6/2012 3:17 am
so the giants admit they cant hold off manning for one f-cking minute? Seems like a b-tch move to take a knee. Is this no longer a man's sport?
Think about what youre saying...if its that hard to do then WHY WOULD SOMEBODY EVEN TRY DO THAT?
There is no difference at all between downing the ball at the 1 yard line or the 4 or 5 yard line. If you arent trying to score what are you doing inches away from the goal line in the first place?
1) The 1 yd line is better than 5 yd line for the kicker.
2) Maurice Jones Drew & Brian Westbrook were able to do it, barely. But since Ahmad Bradshaw f-cked it up, I'm sure that some coaches in the future will tell their RB to down it on the 2 yd line (instead of the 1 yd line), to give him a margin of error.
