Up by three, McCarthy never would have hesitated kicking a 45 yard FG late in the game to force the other team to get a TD rather than a FG for a tie. Crosby has been replaced on Kickoffs and now they don't have enough faith when he is supposedly concentrating only on FG. Not a good thing, when a player changes the coaches decision making.

Still hard to believe they can't find somebody better.

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Maybe he's aware of Ron Rivera's decision to kick the field goal last week. Buffalo then drove down the field to win with a touchdown. I think everyone is skeptical about Crosby, but this is a decision nine out of 10 coaches make. They just called a play not suited to their personnel.

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Hasn't kicked many this year.

And the one's he's had seem to have been relatively short, compared to previous seasons.

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Agree, get a 1st down at that point and you can continue running out the clock.

Bad play call, bad luck, rookie mistake, whatever, it was the right move to make.

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