(December 11, 2015 at 12:29 am)Tiberius Wrote: Vikings playcalling on that final play...jebus. You are on 3rd down & 10, with no timeouts, well within field goal range, and you need 3 points to tie the game. Why...why oh why would you not just kick the field goal. No, no, instead attempt a pass, get sacked and fumble the ball.
I didn't see the play, but I'm assuming there's pretty much time to just run the one play.
You do that when the playcaller deems that your team's chances are better for scoring and winning the game *now* rather than in overtime, or you have zero confidence in your kicker.
Vast majority of the time you kick the FG, but there are edge cases where you don't.
