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Coaches finally listening to TMQ's advice

By Gregg Easterbrook
Special to Page 2

Monday, December 8, 2008

Can TMQ claim victory? For years I denounced the big blitz, and in the past two seasons, big blitzing is way down -- there were only a handful of big blitzes this weekend. And long have I hammered on the point that NFL teams should usually go for the first down on fourth-and-short -- especially in the maroon zone, where it's too far for a field goal but too close to punt. What happened this weekend? Teams went for it on fourth-and-short everywhere you looked. Facing fourth-and-1 at the Redsk ...

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