Yes, yes it was. Okay, “a lot” is subjective, but increasing your win odds by 2% in one play is certainly not nothing.
Again, just because it’s been pounded into everyone’s head for decades that “this is what you do here”, does not necessarily mean it increases your odds of winning.
I’m not going to say I would have loved it if MLF had made the same decision (although I certainly would if he made it), but I’m also not all that crazy confident in our short yardage conversion chances as the Lions rightfully are in theirs. I’m not just going to totally disregard the analytics of that particular call, though.