LuckyNumber7
Blue Crack Addict
Absolutely. It would have taken a good five seconds off the clock.
Are you guys wondering why they didn’t squib it? Or why they didn’t kick it short of the goal line?
Squib is out of the question since it’s a 3 point game and that could end up starting from the 40 if it goes out of bounds. Players can just give themselves up. But I suppose you’re probably talking about kicking it short. Pringle’s a good returner. Conventional wisdom says all you have to do is stop two plays with 13 seconds left. A kickoff is far more likely to result in a TD or an explosive play to get to near FG range. Don’t put the ball in the returner’s hands and give them an option.
I think y’all are taking for granted how improbable it was to go 50 yards in 2 plays and still have enough time to kick a FG. Which… boy did the clock operators hit stop the microsecond that knee was down. The no return is risk aversion, which makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is the four rushers. If your rushers get to Mahommes, KC held onto the ball for too long anyways. Rush two. Rush zero for all I care.