I would have no hesitation at all landing overweight after an engine failure as long as the performance allowed it.
744 or 737 no difference in philosophy.(If the decision on the 744 was to land rather than continue)
People seem happier to fly around on one now than they did in the past? Etops maybe?
Or is it the same attitude that leads us to say 'Just a minor problem' when it really isn't that minor?