From: constance@duxmail.com   
      
   On 2024-02-14, JGibson  wrote:   
   > I'm actually wondering if Kyle Shanahan would have been better going   
   > for the TD than the FG on 4th down. They were at the Kansas City 9.   
   > Obviously, not getting the TD allows the Chiefs to win on a FG, but   
   > part of the reason you go for it deep in the opponents' territory is   
   > that upon failure, they have to start deep in their own territory.   
   > Frequently, this actually leads to a punt and great field position on   
   > your next possession.   
      
   I was thinking the same thing myself, though I am sure the strong and   
   accurate leg of Butker was a big consideration.   
      
   > It was 4th & 4. Yeah - I'm thinking that this was actually the bigger   
   > strategic mistake than receiving the ball first, which seems like the   
   > right call to me. However, had that backfired and KC wins on a FG,   
   > Shanahan would have been even more slammed in the media than he has   
   > already for what I think are completely bizarre things (like the   
   > suggestions that he should have rammed C(3.5ypc)Mc into the line more   
   > or given the ball to KC in OT).   
      
   It's always a crapshoot. A bounce one way or the other and a different   
   hero is anointed...   
      
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