moklerman
Warner-phile
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The clock absolutely has something to do with it. The best approach was to run the ball, run time(or force SD to use it's timeouts) and score as many points as possible. No way do you come away from that situation without a FG attempt.the clock has nothing to do with it at that point. I get what you are saying, I just think its way too easy to blame the play call. If it works, its a great call.
My point, with a veteran QB, it should be a given that he isn't going to risk forcing a ball like he did.
I am just as sick as anyone over what happened. But this is about the execution.
Sure, the execution on the pass play was poor but the call for a pass play was a bigger mistake. And typical of Schottenheimer, the predictability of the call based on the set. If you wanted to catch SD napping and go against "the book" you don't empty the backfield and eliminate any possibility of a run/play-action. This was a poor call, no two ways about it.