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Originally Posted by dalakhani
Going for it certainly defied conventional wisdom.
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That is the problem, NFL coaches are scared of what the media will say if they defy conventional wisdom even when conventional wisdom is statistically wrong. Studies have shown that teams would do better if they went for it on 4th and less than 6 anywhere outside of their own 30 yard line. But if anyone started doing that there would be a monster media backlash and even if it succeeded six times out of seven the next day the media would focus on the one time it failed.