Was Kicking the Late Field Goal the Right Move?

Jeremy and Joe Debate Sean McDermott's decision to kick a field goal late against the Ravens to go up 8 points.

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00:00Which I think the kick is the right play.

00:02Yeah?

00:03Yes.

00:04I think the kick is the right play.

00:06When you go up 8, Baltimore needs everything to go right.

00:10And if you instead go for your 4th down and don't get it, which, you know, it's possible

00:15because it was not 4th and an inch or 4th and 2 inches.

00:19I mean, on the 3rd down play, I might have snuck Allen and then done it again.

00:24I would not have faced a 4th and 2.

00:27I would have had 2 sneaks.

00:28Right.

00:29A 3rd and 1 or whatever would have been a sneak.

00:32But anyway, 8-0-3-0-5-50.

00:34I think I agree.

00:36In most cases, though, I think what I would like the team to do is, even from the 3,

00:44if it's 4th and 3, you get 3 yards to win the football game.

00:49The game is over if you get it.

00:51And you have Josh Allen, a quarterback.

00:53A lot of times, I would want them to go for that.

00:56Last night, you know why I really didn't?

00:59In my own head, I'm like, I don't know what play I'd want them to call here.

01:03Right.

01:04It was the day they were having.

01:06I wasn't very confident they were going to get it with the day they were having.

01:09What do you call on 4th and 3 with that offensive performance?

01:12Are you running the ball?

01:14Are you running with Allen?

01:15Because they had just done that, and that hadn't worked.

01:17Are you going to call a pass play?

01:18Who are you designing it for?

01:19Are you going to go to Coleman?

01:21There wasn't a play in my mind that I'm like, oh, yeah, they should do that here.

01:25So that's how I got to just kick the field goal.

01:27You might be throwing to a back.