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Another example of wonderful game management occurred in 1995, when the Browns played the Patriots in an AFC Wild Card game.Trailing by 10 points with less than two minutes remaining, the Patriots offense was moving the ball. Suddenly they faced a fourth-and-two at the Browns 30. Bill Parcells has two choices: either allow Matt Bahr to attempt a 47-yard field goal and then hope to gain control of the onside kick or just try and gain the two yards and keep the drive alive. Parcells walked over to Bahr and asked him, "Can you make this?" When Bahr hesitated, Parcells ordered the offense to stay on the field. Parcells would rather take his chances on fourth down than send an unsure kicker on the field. The Patriots ended up losing the game, but every decision Parcells made down the stretch gave New England a chance to at least tie the game.
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Gag me with a spoon. Why would you even bother remembering that? And how exactly were they going to tie the game by
not kicking the field goal?
Michael Lombardi has a really big man-crush on Bill Parcells
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