Your favorite team is up by three points, 38-35, with 3:53 remaining in the game. It’s fourth-and-5 from the opponent’s 35-yard line.
What should your coach do? Go for it, or kick the field goal to up six?
These high-leverage situations are what decide games, and you know the playoffs will feature plenty of them. So which coach is going to make the right call in crunchtime? Which playoff coach will give his team a competitive edge on fourth down?
Based on the decisions they’ve made on fourth downs this season, we have a pretty good idea.
Check out the data and analysis below!
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Ranking NFL playoff coaches by who gives their team biggest edge on fourth downs
