Kickoff or Receive?

[mbarbour21]

It's Super Bowl 50. You are the Carolina Panthers and you just won the coin toss. Do you elect to start with your dominating defense against their somewhat limited offense, or do you elect to receive and start the tone on offense? And why?

[Neylus]

Kick

[chknwing]

we kickoff. carolina starting the 2nd half with the ball is ideal. if we are behind we have a chance to catch up quicker. if we are ahead we can run the clock down and increase the lead.

[mwright350]

Defer

We don't have to score on our first possession to have a chance and getting the ball to start the 2nd half (with or without having two offensive possessions back to back without the opponent getting a chance to answer) is too good.  You can really break the back of a team with that first 2nd half possession...or you can energize your own team if the first half went wonky.

[L-TownCat]

Buy your friend a beer? or Buy a stranger a beer?

[cgarsmoker]

Kick and defer to the second half.  The defense will be completely fired up so let them set the tone and steamroll Denver to a quick three and out.  Plus, we seem to play better clock management at the end of the first half when we know we will get the ball after halftime.  

[MadHatter]

We ABSOLUTELY defer and kickoff

[ShutDwn]

There's no advantage to receiving. 

 

By the way, you never choose to kick, you defer the choice to receive or to kickoff to the 2nd half. 

[chknwing]

1 minute ago, L-TownCat said:

Buy your friend a beer? or Buy a stranger a beer?

where I am sitting, its gonna be buy a celebrity a beer or have them buy me one.

[TheWiz]

defer,

get 3 and out or turnover... if no turnover, short field for Cam to work with. 

[Jangler]

What if the coin disappears, and then the ref pulls out of Peyton's ear?

 

Would probably be better entertainment than Coldplay.

[L-TownCat]

3 minutes ago, chknwing said:

where I am sitting, its gonna be buy a celebrity a beer or have them buy me one.

Go to your teams bar or the opposing teams bar?

Let the NFL coin toss decide.

[Davidson Deac II]

Yes

[L-TownCat]

4 minutes ago, ShutDwn said:

There's no advantage to receiving. 

 

By the way, you never choose to kick, you defer the choice to receive or to kickoff to the 2nd half. 

The Tar Heels chose to kick once and due to the rules did not get to receive a kick to start either half.

Weirdest damn thing i ever saw on a football field rule wise.