Ron was right. This is what you cried for.

[hepcat]

I agree with the call. I've thought about it and my gut reaction at the time was it is the right call. Why? Gano had already missed two close kicks. Mason Crosby missed 5 freaking FGs on that field. Something is wrong with that field and only Matt Prater knows how to kick in that stadium. The odds were better to get the 2 point conversion.

Now I strongly disagree with the play call. What does the Panthers offense do best? Run the ball, play action, misdirection plays, and run-pass options. What did they do on that play? None of those things. Bad play call.

[SOJA]

2 hours ago, BrianS said:

All the people who agree and support going for two there aren't considering the entire situation.  Has nothing to do with balls or risk taking or whatever you want to call it.  There were three potential situations to unfold when we scored the TD.

1.  We take the extra point.

In this scenario, Detroit gets the ball back, game tied.  Obviously, they'd like to win so our defense has to come up with a stop.  Now, the good news here is that our defense really only needs one big negative play.  Get that, and Detroit plays for OT, which gives our offense at least one more chance with the ball.  This is a positive outcome for us.

2.  We make the two point conversion.

In this scenario, Detroit gets the ball back, behind.  In this case, they are going to throw the kitchen sink at us because they have nothing to lose.  There is no chance our offense has any role to play in the outcome of the game.  This outcome is a push.  I honestly like our offense (minus Funchess) an awful lot this season.

3.  We miss the two point conversion.

In this scenario, we lose.  End.

 

The best case scenario for us in going for two was a push.  It's the wrong call.  The only chance to get our best unit involved in the outcome was to take the point, tie the game and hope for the best.

Our offense had already scored TWICE in the fourth quarter.  They were ROLLING.  Play for the tie, hand the ball and the game to them in OT and say "Go win it".

See I kind of see it more as. 

Scenario 1. We need to make a stop with the remaining time left in the fourth PLUS another stop in overtime should we lose the coin flip. Further, there's no guarantee Gano makes the extra point. He very nearly missed one earlier in the game. 

Scenario 2. We only need to make one stop. 

Now you bring up a great point about Detroit throwing the kitchen sink at us in Scenario 2. Which likely would have resulted in them getting into FG range. So really the problem goes back to our lack of pass rush killing this season. 

 

[tiger7_88]

39 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

Rivera doesn't believe in blowing teams out. If they're up by 2+ TDs, he throttles down the offense and puts the defense in prevent. And then when the game is close again, he looks to Cam to bail the team out even though he's been shut down for the past 1.5 quarter. 

Rinse

Repeat

ad infinitum