Pats-Colts: Would you have gone for it?

[Ride the Pine]

So with the conclusion of the week's biggest game between that Colts and Patriots, much of the talk surrounds a decision made by Bill Belichick, who has been widely regarded as one of the top coaches in league history. In a tight game where the Patriots led by 6 with just a bit over two minutes to go and 4th and 2 from their own side of the field, Belichick chose to go for the killshot and go for the first down instead of playing the percentages and punting away. The rest, as they say, is history. The Colts stopped them shy, took over, and Peyton Manning delivered the tying touchdown and the extra point put the Colts ahead with only 13 seconds to go. With all the criticism, I ask you, was Belichick right, or should he have played it safe?