Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian was a guest at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Sunday.

Here's some of what he had to say about Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on fourth down and 2 in Indy on Nov. 15:

"Was it the right call? In my opinion, it was 100 percent the right call. He knew his team. He knew the tactics involved. He gave the ball to Faulk, which was the second-most-effective guy in short yardage.

"So it was the right decision from a football standpoint. All of the statistical analysis that's done over the course of a season means nothing. The situation on the field at the time dictates the call.''

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