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Ask the Stat Geek: Should you ever just let a team score?

Do you have a statistics question (either large or small) about the Steelers or NFL football? Send them in to BTSC’s stat geek at STLRSuperFanDad@gmail.com and I’ll see what I can find.

In this installment, a pretty big question (which took a long time to compile) is the lone stats question.

Geoff Harman from Williamsport, PA.

“As I was watching the KC defense get shredded inside of 2 minutes and NE stopping at the ~5 yard line with ~50 seconds left, I wondered ‘why not just let them score and get the ball back?