mthoopsfan said:
Note Brown had completed 16 of his last 22 coming into the OT. That's 73%. After a short run on first down, a pass on 2d down seems appropriate. Most teams pass on 3d and long. Of course, we had to pass on 4th and long.
73% is awesome, but was was the average yards of completion? I got 8.8 YPC, with a long of 17 (During Browns time at QB). The longest run of the game was Ostmo at 15; Lucas had a plus 20 run. Anyhow, I think the original point was if he was looking good on the 8-10 yard check-downs, why start heaving the 23 yards throws on the last 3 plays (not sure if the throw to Grossman was a deep ball or not, but the ones to Flowers and White were)? Sure 4th down is a easier to understand, but the way the entire game went, SAC wasn't going to get beat deep and did a great job at keeping everything in front of them.
Should have just went and got the 1st down. Hindsight is always 20/20.