4th Quarter Strategy

[XXXIVwin]

In week 1, Niners were ahead of Lions by 28 points in the 4th quarter, yet the Lions pulled off an insane comeback and actually had a chance to tie on their last possession.

So no, a 15-point lead midway through the 4th is in no way a "safe enough" lead in the NFL. I think it's a sign of respect to the other team to keep pushing on until the game is completely out of reach.

 

[Ramlock]

Asshole face would do it with a 30 point lead so in this case, I don't see the real issue. It's not near the dickish move the dickhead in NO loves to pull just to maintain his moniker of asshole face.

Asshole Face

Cracks me up every time

 

[JYB]

Last night after JG had fumbled and threw an INT...Detroit had fallen apart and Aaron Rodgers is still throwing 14 yard completions, like a 15 point lead wasn't enough midway through the 4th quarter. I found myself thinking...

"What a dick."

I know that the Rams would have started running the ball almost exclusively to run out the clock. Rodgers and the Packers are in the same circumstance would like to run up the score, it seems. If I was a betting man, the Rams would always scare me because Sean doesn't care if he wins by one point or by twenty, and will give up the ball with a vanilla running attack instead of risking an INT when the game is in hand.

Which is better, assuming that you don't have real money on the table or need fantasy points?

The way the Cheesehead defense has been playing like Swiss Cheese this year, I'd keep my foot on the gas too.

 

[blackbart]

IMO if we aren’t up 3 scores in the fourth we should still be going balls out to rack them up.

That isn’t being a dick.

 

[Merlin]

I do think McVay goes into conservation mode when he's got a lead and some of his calls drive me batshit. But none of us hindsighters can say a thing about that when the guy is undefeated when leading at halftime. He's probably got a better feel for that than just about anyone else in the game if we measured it in comebacks.