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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish
I don't like Steichen chasing points, either ...... but maybe he doesn't trust our current kicker. Other than that, I see no reason to do it.
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I suspect that it has little to do with trusting the kicker. Before today Badgely was excellent for the Colts, going 5-for-5 on FG attempts, and 14-for-15 on X-tra Point attempts ...... and 2 of those 5 FG's were from beyond 50 yards, and 4 out of those 5 FG's were from beyond 40 yards. In spite of all that, Steichen went for it on 4th down of the Colts' opening drive of today's game instead of attempting a 44-yard FG attempt, and that was before Badgley's 2 misses today.
I think that Steichen just likes going for it, for other reasons besides the kicker. I think that he would have gone for it on that opening drive in today's game even if he had had a 26 year-old Adam Vinateri on the roster.
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