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Message: [QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 731795, member: 297"] Because in a sense it doesn't. You still need your defense to get the ball back ASAP. You still need your offense to score a TD there. That doesn't change depending on field position. Again, there is a certain probability that we don't see the ball again. We accepted that risk over the risk of failing to gain 7 yards. Look, this is really crude, but I looked over the stats and for this one game (caveats of small sample size yadda yadda yadda) we had 74 offensive snaps and got a play of 7 or more yards on 13 of them, which is 17.5%. PSU on the other hand up to that point had 15 possessions and had gotten a 1st down on 8 of them, which is 53%. So basically, the odds are better that they get a 1st down on a possession, which means you don't see the ball again, than they are that you get the 7 yards. Given that, try to get the 7 yards. [/QUOTE]