Playoff Teams play killer instinct football.
The Browns had 4th and 4 or less, with a 24-6 lead, at their own 45ish yard line. BUT.
They had just gotten a bunch of yards on a throw away play for a handoff after a penalty.
The Browns, THE PLAYOFF BROWNS, on offense, needed to Go for that, Continue that drive, GET the 4 yards, and get a touchdown to go up 31-6
That's what teams that actually make the playoffs do with their offense.
They Don't play percentages. Analytics are for losers! Analytics loses on game days.
Disagree. When an offense has done almost nothing against you, you don't risk giving them the ball at midfield by going for it on 4th and 5 with a 3 score lead.
And let's not forget, we punted and pinned them back inside the 1.... but "holding on the long snapper"... pinning them inside the 1 could have equally been a game changing play, safety, turnover, forced punt to get us the ball on their side of the 50...
Punting was the right call. If it was 4th and 1 or 2... maybe. But not 4th and 5.
And you can't blame analytics for that..... punting is what every team would have done in that situation going back decades...
