The forgotten 2 extra points

[bLACKpANTHER]

So the NFLN was replaying all the superbowls leading up to the big game last week. I just got around to watching ours and forgot about the 2 extra points that Fox went for 2, twice. I decided to keep track if we had just kicked the extra point and came up with this:

 

 

 

1st Qtr

 

2nd Qtr

7-0: Pats score first TD - Brady to Deion Brach

7-7: Panthers answer with TD - Jake to Smitty

14-7: Pats come right back with TD - Brady to Givens

14-10: Panthers put up FG before half

 

Halftime

 

3rd Qtr

 

4th Qtr

21-10: Pats score on a rushing TD from Smith

21-16: Panthers Deshaun Foster with the dive in the endzone TD (with 12:39 left in 4th)

[21-17: If we take the extra point]

22-21: Panthers score with longest pass from Jake to Moose (6:35 left in 4th)

[24-21: If we take the extra point]

29-22: Pats score on pass from Brady to Vrabel and convert on 2 pt conversion.

[28-24: If we had 24 points- no way does NE go for two point conversion. They kick the FG and go up by 4]

29-29: Panthers score on pass from Jake to Proel

[31-28: If we had just taken all the extra points]

31-29: Pats score and win on Vinatieri FG

[31-31: If we had just taken all the extra points]

 

Game goes into OT, where Panthers win.

 

The end. You're welcome.

[KillerKat]

I think just about everyone remembered them and I came up with the same conclusion. OT, where the Panthers would've had the advantage.

[bLACKpANTHER]

or maybe Kasay doen't feel the pressure as much and doesn't kick it out of bounds and we win in regulation

 

so many what ifs, but fun/depressing the think about :/

[TheRed]

Welcome to the Carolina Huddle, where we live hopelessly stuck in the past.

[Jangler]

The first 2 point call was an aggressive move,,,,one of Coach Fox' last...

[Davidson Deac II]

The problem with a what if is that it might have impacted decisons made after the game.  Had we kicked the extra points, who knows what effect that might have had on the game.  Strategy and play calls might have changed ever so slightly.  The butterfly effect so to speak.

[ThunderKatt]

And Fox had a nerve to compare the 03 Panthers to this years Broncos.  The Panthers that would would have spanked both teams.

[tondi]

My wife still screams at John Fox to go for 2 every time one of his teams scores a TD. 

[t96]

Fox was, is, and always will be a terrible head coach.

[ladypanther]

Fox was, is, and always will be a terrible head coach.

 

I do not agree....and I have been a big critic for a long time.  He is not terrible.  He is good at some things..apparently he is a good players coach.  Flaws....he plays not to lose. He cannot/refuses to adjust.  He is not a good game manager. Not good at developing players.

 

I still would not call him terrible.  He is sometimes good...but never great. 

[KillerKat]

below average = terrible

[t96]

I do not agree....and I have been a big critic for a long time.  He is not terrible.  He is good at some things..apparently he is a good players coach.  Flaws....he plays not to lose. He cannot/refuses to adjust.  He is not a good game manager. Not good at developing players.

 

I still would not call him terrible.  He is sometimes good...but never great. 

 

 

below average = terrible

 

That.

[heel31ok]

below average = terrible

how many times does the avg coach go to the SB? How many times does the avg coach go twice? I would say he is ahead of the curve. He will probably go back again next year but we'll have to wait and see.below avg would be a math answer not an opinion answer.

[KillerKat]

how many times does the avg coach go to the SB? How many times does the avg coach go twice? I would say he is ahead of the curve. He will probably go back again next year but we'll have to wait and see.below avg would be a math answer not an opinion answer.

What would Fox be like without Peyton Manning? His 3 winning seasons in a decade gives you a pretty good idea.