12) Two NFL teams are playing against each other. The Offensive team has three strategies to
choose from - Run (R), Pass (P), and Hail Mary (H). The Defensive team has two strategies to
choose from - Zone defense (Z), and Blitz (B). The payoffs for all potential outcomes are given
in the payoff matrix below.
Defense
Zone (Z) Blitz (B)
Run (R) 3, 2 4, 4
Offense
Pass (P) 1, 3 3, 2
Hail Mary (H) 2, 4 5, 3
Consider a simultaneous game, in which each team does not know what the other team is doing.
Which of the following is TRUE?
A) Each team has a dominant strategy
B) PSNE = {R, B}
C) Offense team will never play P
D) PSNE = {H, B}
E) none of the above