That is why you go for 2...

If you ask before the game starts that would you take a chance to win the game with one play from the 2 yd line....would you take it with Rodgers??  

I thought the same thing. But these coaches are like robots. You have all the momentum, the Cardinal players are in SHOCK, their coaches are in SHOCK, Arians has used up all his timeouts (not sure you can even call one on an extra point), regardless the Packers could have probably just walked that two point conversion in at that point. I'd give them a 80% chance at that point in the game. Instead, you decide to go into OT and make Rodgers win the game for you again (that is if you even get the ball), by driving down the field with that skeleton crew for an offense. I'm sorry, but McCarthy is the Andy Reid of the NFC but with a god for a quarterback. 

said the same thing to my son 

And if they didn't convert the 2....McCarthy's head is on the chopping block. Instead they lose in conventional fashion and most people will say the pack did a good job with the injuries they had. As much as I'd love to go for the 2, this isn't college or madden, going for 2 is a straight coin flip. 

I like GB to win stupid coach 

@simple3 

Hey Dippy LIFE is a coin flip!  Go for two and be a hero that lives on in infamy instead now he will be run out of town

pressure busts pipes ask Blair Walsh!!!

I said to myself, go for two.  In hindsight with a moment to think about it....I still think they should have gone for two.  Even beyond leaving it up to a coin flip, GB wasn't moving the ball and just needed two incredible pass completions to drive the field.  The chance that they could put together a sustained conventional drive and/or replicate the two big plays to score a TD, even a FG, was slim. 

Not too many NFL coaches these days have "RIVERBOAT GAMBLER" listed on their resumes. Playing it safe probably cost the Packers the game but hindsight is 20/20.

I think going for 2 would of been much to risky at that spot.  Hard to make a ballsy call like that in playoffs as a head coach when you know you can get to O.T a high percent of the time.

Going for one in that situation is a selfish call for McCarthy. He didn't do it because if the play failed, he would have been criticized and possibly lost his job even if it was the right decision. If they do the 'safe' thing and extend the game to overtime and they lose, then the loss is on the team, and he shoulders none of the blame. You know who might have gone for two there? Riverboat Ron! And he would have owned his decision and justified it regardless of the outcome. Extending the game was a terrible decision. GB's previous 3 drives (before the hail Mary drive) resulted in 28 total yards. Not exactly a recipe for success in OT. The hail Mary drive went:incompletion, sack, incompletion, 4th and 20 scramble and long completion, incompletion, incompletion, hail Mary. It's not like they were moving the ball at will.

Valid points made on both sides, but the context/situation is the biggest factor imo.

As a Cardinal fan, I was totally relieved GB did not go for two.

Was McCarthy supposed to forsee Carson Palmer making the best spin move and scramble off his career before throwing to Fitz? No, his defense was playing a hell of a game for the most part. And w/ Rogers as your QB you take OT all day.

Typical, dipsh-t Covers "hindsight is 20-20" post...if he went for two and didn't make it, the OP would be on here saying why go for two?

Agree with Sac here. GB defense played lights out and contained the Cards for the most part. On the magic play in OT, Palmer was almost sacked. You go to OT and give your D another shot or receive the ball.

Get real guys, no NFL team would go for two in that situation. This is not indoor football, NCAA where a MAC team is playing against a top ranked team, nor the USFL.

GB just got a new life. They got all the momentum on their side. The only way they would lost the game is losing the coin toss, and Zona is able to score a TD in the first drive. Even for the 75 yards play in OT, it was a broken play. Palmer almost got sacked in that play.

It is a stupid call, if GB elected to go for two instead of the extra point.

have to kick the xp going for 2 would have been a bad idea

there are only 32 of these jobs in the world and you are second guessing this guy going for one was the only call and the right call not one coach would have gone for 2 in a playoff game