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Ben McAdoo’s fateful decision: Risk tunnel vision or control loss?

Keep it, or give it up?

One of the most important decisions facing Ben McAdoo entering his first season as head coach of the Giants is whether or not he will call the plays on offense. This may not, on the surface, seem like a big deal, but it is.

McAdoo has been steadfastly coy on the subject, and thus far in his brief time as head coach has been reticent to discuss anything that can remotely be passed off as providing a strategic advantage to opponents.

It does him no favors to announce to the NFL world, “Yes, I’ll continue to call the plays.