Good call?....Bad call?

The question that has been argued since the Broncos loss on Sunday to the Jacksonville Jaguars is whether or not Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan should have or should not have gone for it on fourth down from inside his own 10 yard-line with four minutes and ten seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Shanahan went for it and Broncos tight end Daniel Graham dropped a pass across the middle that would have been enough for the first down. The Broncos went on to lose the game 14-23.

"I just had a gut feeling with the way they were controlling the tempo of the game that that would give us the best chance to win," Shanahan said. "And it almost turned out good."

Let the criticism and debate begin.

I will go ahead and say that Shanahan made the right decision. Some would disagree but he absolutely had to go for it. If the Broncos would have punted the Jags would have taken over possession around mid-field and the Broncos had no time outs. With the way the Broncos had been stopping the run, or should I say not stopping the run, the Jags would have got in field goal range and finished off the Broncos anyway.

Others will argue that Shanahan should have given his defense a chance to stop the Jags and force a punt. Yeah, that same Broncos rush defense that is ranked 29Th out of 32 teams in the National Football League.

I still say that even if Denver would have stopped them on three downs, the Broncos wouldn't have taken over possession until close to a minute left. At that point, the Broncos would have had to travel the length of the field with no timeouts.

If you have any opinion on Shanahan's decision, please let me know. I would love to hear what you have to say.