SHOULD GREEN BAY HAVE GONE FOR 2?

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     After scoring that last second TD in Arizona, should the Packers have gone for 2?

     If they made the 2 points, they'd be playing in the NFC Championship game this weekend.

     Instead, they never got the ball back.

[oujour76]

Jan 19, 2016 22:42:48 GMT -5 DrSchadenfreude said:

     After scoring that last second TD in Arizona, should the Packers have gone for 2?

In a word, no.

[mscott59]

Jan 20, 2016 8:48:28 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Jan 19, 2016 22:42:48 GMT -5 DrSchadenfreude said:

     After scoring that last second TD in Arizona, should the Packers have gone for 2?

In a word, no.

What the packers should have done is teach the official how to actually flip a coin. Jeez

[oujour76]

Jan 20, 2016 9:37:46 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

What the packers should have done is teach the official how to actually flip a coin. Jeez

I'd vote for not leaving Larry Fitzgerald wide open. On a separate note, have to say I really don't understand the NFL OT rules. If the other teams kicks a FG, you have a chance to answer, but if they score a TD, you don't?

[Buckeye Dale]

Jan 20, 2016 9:56:21 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Jan 20, 2016 9:37:46 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

What the packers should have done is teach the official how to actually flip a coin. Jeez

I'd vote for not leaving Larry Fitzgerald wide open. On a separate note, have to say I really don't understand the NFL OT rules. If the other teams kicks a FG, you have a chance to answer, but if they score a TD, you don't?

First, my grandson & I were talking about that last night...I'm STILL yelling at Clay Matthews for being within arm's length, and not making a better attempt than an arm wave...
Second, that play, and in the Bronco's game when Manning fell down, and the Pitt D thought he'd been sacked...especially for defensive players, ALWAYS go 100% until you hear the whistle...

[mscott59]

Jan 20, 2016 9:56:21 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

Jan 20, 2016 9:37:46 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

What the packers should have done is teach the official how to actually flip a coin. Jeez

I'd vote for not leaving Larry Fitzgerald wide open. On a separate note, have to say I really don't understand the NFL OT rules. If the other teams kicks a FG, you have a chance to answer, but if they score a TD, you don't?

well, palmer was rolling to his right to escape pressure. usually db's will just drift that direction too, so i wasn't surprised that fitz was open. but they also missed 3 tackles on him and one of the lb's (ryan?) took an awful angle leaving him without even a shot to bring him down. what a bizarre game... palmer and the cardinals did just about everything they could to let the packers steal it away.

[cbisbig]

Jan 20, 2016 9:37:46 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Jan 20, 2016 8:48:28 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

In a word, no.

What the packers should have done is teach the official how to actually flip a coin. Jeez

That was pitiful didn't look like it turned over a bit

[Deleted]

Jan 20, 2016 14:33:57 GMT -5 cbisbig said:

Jan 20, 2016 9:37:46 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

What the packers should have done is teach the official how to actually flip a coin. Jeez

That was pitiful didn't look like it turned over a bit

In all fairness, it wouldn't have mattered anyway.  The Cardinals won the original coin toss.

[daleko]

Jan 19, 2016 22:42:48 GMT -5 DrSchadenfreude said:

     After scoring that last second TD in Arizona, should the Packers have gone for 2?

     If they made the 2 points, they'd be playing in the NFC Championship game this weekend.

     Instead, they never got the ball back.

 A lot of things they could have done differently but GB doesn't own a time machine. Your Q leads to the option of losing or trying something different if they did own a time machine. If they did, going for two is the only other option. 

[daleko]

Jan 20, 2016 14:44:36 GMT -5 DrSchadenfreude said:

Jan 20, 2016 14:33:57 GMT -5 cbisbig said:

That was pitiful didn't look like it turned over a bit

In all fairness, it wouldn't have mattered anyway.  The Cardinals won the original coin toss.

Rogers wanted to change it but they wouldn't give him that option, supposedly. Must be covered somewhere in the rules for coin flips by the NFL.

[daleko]

Jan 20, 2016 14:33:57 GMT -5 cbisbig said:

Jan 20, 2016 9:37:46 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

What the packers should have done is teach the official how to actually flip a coin. Jeez

That was pitiful didn't look like it turned over a bit

Looked like a F-14 in a flat spin.

[mscott59]

Jan 20, 2016 15:23:18 GMT -5 daleko said:

Jan 20, 2016 14:33:57 GMT -5 cbisbig said:

That was pitiful didn't look like it turned over a bit

Looked like a F-14 in a flat spin.

Collinsworth had a great response after the first coin toss attempt; "I've seen pizza dough crusts tossed in the air that flipped more." Lol

[AlaCowboy]

Jan 20, 2016 10:53:15 GMT -5 Buckeye Dale said:

Jan 20, 2016 9:56:21 GMT -5 oujour76 said:

I'd vote for not leaving Larry Fitzgerald wide open. On a separate note, have to say I really don't understand the NFL OT rules. If the other teams kicks a FG, you have a chance to answer, but if they score a TD, you don't?

First, my grandson & I were talking about that last night...I'm STILL yelling at Clay Matthews for being within arm's length, and not making a better attempt than an arm wave...
Second, that play, and in the Bronco's game when Manning fell down, and the Pitt D thought he'd been sacked...especially for defensive players, ALWAYS go 100% until you hear the whistle...

Same for offensive players, The Peyton Manning play, for example. and the play that won Auburn the BCS NC.