re: Let's discuss Romeo Crennell's decisions at the end of the game

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Anyone disagreeing with the decision to go for 2 up 7 at that stage of the game is the same person that doesn’t understand why when you are down 14 you should go for 2 after scoring the first TD.

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Always been a proponent of not demoralizing your team by failing to convert that 2 point conversion and telling them...sorry, we're still two scores down despite all your effort and time running out.

They had this discussion on Sunday Night Football during the game and Al Michaels (imo) rightfully said, stats can go frick themselves...you can't go for two first...when you need two scores...sports is not played by robots, it's emotional and if the team thinks they only need to score 1 more time, they will play better.

Failing on an early two-point conversion is demoralizing and sucks the life out of the team...because now they are still back where they were.

Collinsworth said, yeah but at least you know what you need and ergo onside kicks.

Kicking the XP keeps the momentum and keeps the fire in the belly of the players rather than deflating them.

Go for the 2 early and the team can give up.