Firefly wrote:
The story of the game was the Steelers decided not to punt in this game and went for it on 4th down from whatever distance and field position. The first three 4th downs were converted and turned into TDs. The next two failed, but one resulted in a long interception that served as a punt.
The real story, however, was Calvillo, who had nearly 400 yards and 4 TDs... in the first half. He more than made up for an abysmal showing last week against Indy that cost us the bye week.
GG Baltimore, you've done a good job but today it was just dice rolls
*bug report* Not content with injuring my punter, the AI decided to have my center attempt some FGs and XPs. Not even consecutive kicks. Makes no sense.
I did a quick check and your kicker was selected as the holder on those plays - probably because your inactive punter was your holder in your depth chart?
I read recently (I think it was Football Outsiders) that NFL teams should go for it on 4th down a lot more than they do because the cost/reward equation really favors going for it when most teams punt, but NFL coaches will never be that liberal because of the fear of it backfiring. Sounds like you may have just added to that evidence. I suspect you're now going to keep those settings throughout the playoffs :-)
