Finally. For the record, Caldwell was 8th in the league in going for it on fourth down. Still too conservative considering the quality of his offense.
Conversion attempt numbers vary from year to year based on the number of opportunities and variations in circumstances, but the increase in 2009 encompassed nearly all field positions, Burke said, and the average to-go distances were no different from those for the rest of the decade. Interestingly, the rate of attempts in the first three quarters of games — when principle was presumably driving the decision more than panic — rose to 9.8 percent in 2009 from 7.4 percent earlier in the decade.
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