Going for two was the right call.

[tiger7_88]

40 minutes ago, TN05 said:

Gano has been awful all day. Barely made his first kick and then missed two from about PAT range. Losing a game on a blocked or missed PAT would be a real possibility. In comparison, with a two-point conversion you take the lead you should have had already and put the other team on notice. Do you trust Gano at that point or Cam?

Cam threw a bad pass, but it was the right call

Thanks for your input, Mrs. Rivera.

[ras977]

1 minute ago, tiger7_88 said:

Thanks for your input, Mrs. Rivera.

she's very bright.

[tiger7_88]

1 minute ago, Proudiddy said:

Yup, there was another play earlier where they dropped everyone into coverage in the redzone and Cam had the whole left side open to scramble, but nothing came open and he ended uo getting sacked, which led to Gano's missed FG.

And, yet again, the closest Cam came to getting hurt was in the pocket (along with the NFL refs allowing "anything goes" against him again).

[Car123]

"We weren't going to stop them anyway"

You'd think we gave up 45 points in the game. 20 points against is near elite defense status in 2018.

[1919Eternal]

One of the worst calls I can remember.  I really doubt he misses a 2nd xp in the same game.  Our 2 point conversion rate is 50%.  Lions have the same amount of time on the clock either way. 

[Davidson Deac II]

42 minutes ago, TN05 said:

Those seconds would have been there if we made the PAT too. Only difference is we'd be tied instead of up 1, assuming we even make the kick. 

Which means they go for fourth down instead of punting.  

[Proudiddy]

7 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

And, yet again, the closest Cam came to getting hurt was in the pocket (along with the NFL refs allowing "anything goes" against him again).

Yup...  on a hit below the knees after the ball was already out.  If that had been Ben, they would throw the flag and then allow his teammates to mush our guys in the face and start a riot.  But, it was Cam, so it was cool.

[Neylus]

OMG the people saying it was the right call. Pat I s99% successful. We lost. Oh yeah right call.

[ichigo1057]

I was fine with going for it in that situation but damn we were playing against the, what, 23rd ranked rush defense. Run the ball with Cam, CMC, or hell maybe even try to catch them off guard with one of trick plays that we didn't even attempt the whole game.

[PantherPhann89]

I completely disagree. Or offense hasn't been efficient enough to warrant putting the ball in their hands on a must win play against low goalline conversion odds.

[The Lone Panther]

I think this team has mentally checked-out. Got destroyed by Pittsburgh, now they lost to a terrible Lions team. We still have to play a solid Seahawks team, the Saints twice and the Falcons once more. Not feeling it. 

[Carl Spackler]

@Yaboychris28 is your last name “Gano”

[Inimicus]

ITT bunch of armchair GMs/HCs making the call with the luxury of hindsight.

 

It wasn't the "right" call because it didn't produce a win but a lot of folks calling for RRs head would be posting Riverboat memes had we gotten 2.

[trueblade]

The percentages say a 2pt is a 50/50 proposition, EP is over 90%.

Here's where it doesn't make sense. Even if you make it, Detroit had 3 timeouts to get into field goal range with a kicker who owns the record for longest field goal made and had already hit a 50+ field goal. Saying if we get the two we win implies a belief you're defense will get the stop. It's almost like Ron hasn't watched his defense the last two games and still thinks they are elite rather than middle of the road. 

Based on the performance of the defense against Detroit, I had zero confidence that we would stop them from getting into field goal range regardless if we were tied or up one.