Both of you raise very good points...
I gotta say it must be a programmers nightmare (or dream!) to get this part of the engine spot on..... i already find the level of game engine intelligence incredible and I guess over time with fine tuning using ideas like this it is just going to get better.
IRL would a team who is far superior inside ignore going for 3's and stick to what they do best which is 2's to try and pull back a deficit?