In any case, I would like to thank you both for being among my most frequent and interesting commentators. Even if we don’t always agree, I appreciate your interest in my goofy little site. Best wishes for a happy holiday season to the both of you.

However, I’m still reluctant to call the gamble “brilliant” because it was one tackle away from backfiring. If the plan was to either recover the kick or let them score quick, why did it take GB almost 2 minutes to score? And if Burnett would’ve tackled the WR instead of slipping, they would’ve burned even more, leaving us with even less time (and we needed every second).

That said, I admire Tomlin’s willingness to recognize a situation (our D sucking) and doing something about it. Now, whether his crazy gamble was the right solution…