Overtime in the preseason

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Tom Caughlin is not a member of the Pappy school of avoiding OT in the preseason at all costs.  Either that or he has complete trust in the idea that BB is a member of such a thought.

With under 2 mins left in the fourth the Giants score a TD  ahead 18-17.  Under normal circumstance at this point you need to go for 2, as a 3 point lead is significant but there is no real difference between a 1 or 2 point lead.  The Giant are successful bring the score to 20-17, which now means a FG by NE will score the game.  NE's 3rd string QB never gets the team into FG range anyway.

But I was kinda surprised by TC's decision to go for 2. 

[Pappy13]

Maybe he just felt like he wanted to work on the 2 point conversion.  I'd be more convinced if going for 2 would have tied the game rather than put them up by 3.

[Dave Gray]

Coaches probably have lots of reasons.  I think that there is something to winning a game, even if it's just preseason.  It gets morale up.  Losses also can act as a wake-up call.  Maybe he thought that team chemistry needed the win, so they actually played for it. Who knows?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Coaches probably have lots of reasons.  I think that there is something to winning a game, even if it's just preseason.  It gets morale up.  Losses also can act as a wake-up call.  Maybe he thought that team chemistry needed the win, so they actually played for it. Who knows?

Actually I think he was playing for the win.  If he had gone for a PAT, NE would have needed a FG to win.  By going for 2, it meant NE need a FG to tie and a TD to win.  He knew there is no way BB would kick a FG to create a tie, thus forcing NE to go for the first down/TD, if NE was on fourth down and in FG range.