Originally Posted by
Timbo
Do you tell them that every time you get down inside the 20yd. line you're going to kick a field goal vs. going for a TD?
That's what DALPA seems to be telling us.
Take the 3 easy points = 3% pay raises.
You aren't going to win many games on just field goals.
I agree, but neither will you win many games without a balanced attack. You have to know the other teams strengths and weaknesses as well as your own, and you have to know how to put the most points on the board throughout the game.
You don't attempt 50-yard passes on each and every play. You take what the defense is showing and move the ball down the field. Nor do you normally go for a TD when you're inside the 20 and it's 4th and 10. You settle for a field goal because you know that the likely alternative is turning the ball over with nothing to show for it.
That is how you amass a winning record over the long run.