Annnnnnd......IMHO, the Pats possibly would have gotten within FG range in 20-25 sec.
There would not have been 20-25 seconds left. More like 5. (See my earlier post.)
So, what it boils down to is this:
You trust your field goal kicker to kick a glorified extra point with under 10 seconds to go in the Super Bowl. or
You trust your defense to stop Tom Brady from engineering a touchdown drive with just under a minute to go and a timeout in hand.
And you would take the first option every time?
You trust your defense to stop Tom Brady from engineering a touchdown drive with just under a minute to go and a timeout in hand.
And you would take the first option every time?
I 'm sorry--I should have said I would take the first option every time.