4th and one call

[Kelly the Dog]

I think the right call in THIS case was to go for it. I think the Bills still lose up by 13 with with 9:24 left the way the game was going. I don't think they lose up 17 but there was a lot of time left. (When I typed 9:30 to go, there was 9:30 gone in the 3rd Q)

 

I also, again, do not in any way think this is a no-brainer, which is the impetus for the poll. I think the results will end up pretty even.

[Swift Sylvan]

I think the right call in THIS case was to go for it. I think the Bills still lose up by 13 with with 9:24 left the way the game was going. I don't think they lose up 17 with 7:00 to go, and it would be a lot harder for the Pats to score 14 with 6-7 minutes vs. 9-10 minutes.

 

I also, again, do not in any way think this is a no-brainer, which is the impetus for the poll. I think the results will end up pretty even.

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Well so far, you and I voted for the same thing....then again we've been saying the same thing on the boards too.

[JoeF]

This team needs confidence--its just forming..it was the right call. I bet we !@#$ing make it the next time we try a fourth down...

[Lurker]

I'm on board with the "set the tone for the season" call too. WM's tiptoe run was the problem, not the play call.

[Hazed and Amuzed]

Sorry but I go for the 3. There is no guarantee that if we make the 4th that we score a TD. Hell we could have turned it over within the next few plays even if we had made it. Points are points on the road and it would be harder to second guess if we had kicked and made it, chances are we would have won it.

[true_blue_bill]

I would have kicked the FG myself, but that doesn't mean this was the wrong decision at all. Had they got the TD the game would have been won probably. The FG might have been nice, but who knows. I felt at the time that we needed to get something out of that drive, and had NE scored two TDs we still could have won it with another FG. But a first down there and maybe a TD would have, of course been better, and you show your team you trust them to get an important yard. I can't criticze Juron's decision in anyway.

 

What makes it loom so large is the way we played after the failed try. Gees, if they had played well after who would have cared we missed on that play? Was it a momentum turner? Maybe, but you still as a team have to expect momentum changes, and had we converted the first the momentum would have been going our way, I guess. This is turning into a rant so I'll stop now

[true_blue_bill]

I'm on board with the "set the tone for the season" call too.  WM's tiptoe run was the problem, not the play call.

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Juron said after the game he is still learning about his new team. Maybe one of the changes will be in short yardage plays. Maybe bring in a different back or call plays differently.

[Mark Vader]

Going for it was the right call.

The team needed to try and get a TD.

You want to put as much pressure on your opponent as you can, and scoring another TD would have done that to the Pats.

I like the call, Jauron was making a statement. Unfortunately it did not work.

[Golden Wheels]

I saw nothing wrong with the decision to go for it and be agressive. It was the PLAYCALL that was bad. If you have to go two feet, you call a QB sneak. You don't give someonw the ball behind the line and give the defense a chance to penetrate.

[Peter]

Go for the first down IF you think that your o-line can block. Based on what had happened both before and after that play, the decision to go for it was a big time gamble. I like that balls that DJ showed. Unfortunately, the decision was not based more on wishful thinking than on what the o-line showed it could do.

[Dan]

In that situation... going for the kill was what I was screaming for. I definitely liked the call. I also liked that it was a running play with Willis. Something we've all been screaming for for several years now. So all in all good. Just 2 problames. 1. It was a piss poor spot. 2. The defense folded afterwards.

[Lurker]

Go for the first down IF you think that your o-line can block. 

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Up to that point they were blocking. And I thought there was an adequate hole on the 4th down play as well...if Willis puts his head down and hits it up in there.

[Fixxxer]

The first thing that went to my head is "GO FOR IT" because we were moving the ball on them by that time.

 

Then the playcall was not ideal and Willis dancing instead of going balistic to the LOS without any sense of purpose or urgency is what ticked me off.

 

In hindsight it was not a good call, but if we get a first there and then a TD ti would have been formidable.

[apuszczalowski]

Sorry but I go for the 3. There is no guarantee that if we make the 4th that we score a TD. Hell we could have turned it over within the next few plays even if we had made it. Points are points on the road and it would be harder to second guess if we had kicked and made it, chances are we would have won it.

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Theres also no guarantee that Buffalo makes the field goal (Lindell could always miss, or it could get blocked). If they make the 4th and 1, then they have 3 more tries at the endzone, and then a shot at a field goal

[Hazed and Amuzed]

Theres also no guarantee that Buffalo makes the field goal (Lindell could always miss, or it could get blocked). If they make the 4th and 1, then they have 3 more tries at the endzone, and then a shot at a field goal

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You're right a FG attempt is no guarantee but I think I'm going for the 3 if I'm the coach.

[RunTheBall]

On the road, with the lead and momentum, you go for the field goal and points. I'm not disgusted with the decision to go for it, however.

 

RTB

[JDG]

I think the right call in THIS case was to go for it. I think the Bills still lose up by 13 with with 9:24 left the way the game was going.

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That's because even after the emotional momentum boost the Patriots received from the 4th down stop they still went on to beat us by more than three points, right?

 

Sorry, but I have no idea how you can say this. You may have an argument about it not being a no-brainer either way, but 20/20 hindsight is pretty clear that those three times would have given us the best chance to win the game.

 

JDG

[CFLstyle]

It was a great call and anyone who doesn't think so is second guessing, which is easy. At the time it was the most sensible thing to do.

[Kelly the Dog]

On the road, with the lead and momentum, you go for the field goal and points. I'm not disgusted with the decision to go for it, however.

 

RTB

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That's the thing I guess. It's a difficult choice with a lot of factors both ways. I agreed with the decision. But I surely understand the other side of the argument. And this isn't a right or wrong question. You don't always do one thing or always do the other. There are likely just as many coaches that would go for it as would go for the FG.

 

IMO, more would go for it, if they were coaching the Bills, in this game, with these two teams, at that particular time in this particular game.

[silvermike]

Yes, making the field goal would have given us a better chance to win the game than not converting the 4th down.

 

The Pats were in field goal range at the end, so strictly speaking, we would have lost unless we block the kick. You play to win the game.