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Originally Posted by Best22
On the last Denver drive, KC ate up a lot of clock, but you have to remember that the #1 goal when trailing is to take the lead, not run off clock. People complaining about the 75 yard score to Hill are crazy. Could you imagine if Hill stopped and KC failed to score on the drive, losing 33-40?
You have a defense for a reason. They were a yard away from stopping NE and giving the all back to the Chiefs.
You NEVER pass upon opportunities to score.
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I know what you mean, but I truly think you have to re-evaluate some of the generally accepted concepts when the defense is playing the way ours was that game. Against the Jags, same situation, sure get the points. Against the Pats, the way they were moving the ball all night? Did anyone actually believe that Brady wasn’t going to be able to ge them in position to kick a FG with 3 minutes and timeouts to work with? No, we all knew the defense wasn’t going to hold. Brady and the Pats didn’t go for it all at once when they got it back, because they knew that Mahomes could likely go right back down the field and score himself. They trusted their team to execute what was needed. They needed to burn clock and get a FG and that’s exactly what they did. No more no less.