Our earlier sneak went well. Jones is a good runner and big. If we do t get it, we are still up 7 and if the Vikings score on a short field we get the ball back with time.
A punt may have only netted 30 yards and Vikings can move the ball in chunks quickly.
Thought it was a no brainer you go for it. At that point you’re defending against the touchdown regardless of whether they started from that spot or you punt and they’re a little further.
Was going for it because I had no faith in the defense getting a stop in the game at that point. And min would score fast enough to leave the giants enough time for a final drive
near the goal line earlier. The line was playing well and I thought Feliciano was a beast today. I was for going for it and I was 100% certain it was a keeper and 100% certain that he would make it.
I actually turned to the kids and said : " you're the coach
Go for it or no?" They were mixed. Daughter said punt, son said go. I was the tiebreaker said go for it! You want to win playoff games you show balls. Thought the O had to win it.
Even if you don't convert, with the short field it would give the Giants the ball back with plenty of time for GW FG drive. No way the Vikings would have went for two if they had opportunity to score a TD in that scenario.
Don't give them a short field. That said, I grew up with a conservative football mentality, and the game has changed...I trust Dabs to make these calls.
Our D wasn’t stopping a watch even if they stepped on it 50 times!
An 80 yard drive or a 45 yard drive made no difference…plus…if they couldn’t make 1, they didnt deserve the W anyway.
My 4 year old wanted me to play with him so I walked away and played with him. Figured the football gods would appreciate me doing the right thing and not turning my back on my son. In my 30s I probably don’t do that. But this is my little man. I was happy to do it and was rewarded handsomely with this win.
I was thinking I would not and I'm glad the Giants have a coach who did not because that's a call that gets second guessed if you lose and so many coaches would have managed that to the "safe" play.
Same. Go for it.
A punt may have only netted 30 yards and Vikings can move the ball in chunks quickly.
So I was happy with the decision.
The Giants had a 7-pt lead and 3 timeouts.
Daboll stayed rational in a high pressure moment. Like his team, he didn’t blink.
Exactly.. I was all for it..
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Same. Go for it.
Yup.
True ... but if we don’t make the first down, they score quicker, leaving more time for Gano to kick a game winner and return the favor.
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True ... but if we don’t make the first down, they score quicker, leaving more time for Gano to kick a game winner and return the favor.
My logic exactly
An 80 yard drive or a 45 yard drive made no difference…plus…if they couldn’t make 1, they didnt deserve the W anyway.
As far back as 10 years ago - you're punting.
The game is totally different today.
If they were up 3 or less or tied, punt the ball
I was thinking I would not and I'm glad the Giants have a coach who did not because that's a call that gets second guessed if you lose and so many coaches would have managed that to the "safe" play.