SackMaster
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Based off what I have seen in the NFL, I think most teams call a TO. Especially if they thought a miss from that distance was as likely as Cowboy Fans seem to think it was.Yeah, I can't buy this.
Why would the chargers call timeout there? At that point, there is little chance they would get the ball back so stopping the clock isn't a priority for them at that point. The Cowboys coaching staff needs to be ready to send in a play/personnel at that point. To suggest they were banking on the Chargers to help them out is preposterous to me. If they didn't have a play ready for that situation, then that's clearly a coaching mistake. And your point about the hail mary possibility is even more of a reason to not settle for a 56 yard FG.
Secondly, their excuse about the clock is just pathetic. There are clocks all over that stadium.
At the end of the day, SETTLING (and that's exactly what they did) for a 56 yard FG is poor management when there were 25 seconds left and you had a timeout still.
I mean, it was what, 28 seconds left at the end of the last run? the Chargers had 2 timeouts (or maybe 3?) and it was 3rd Down.
If I was the Chargers, I call my second time out. Do what I can to take back yards, to include trying to draw a flag (which the Refs were giving out like it was going out of style) on 3rd Down. Call my last time out if it is 4th down and the clock wasn't stopped.
So then we are looking at getting the ball back after kickoff or miss with ~15 seconds left.
Not a great opportunity at all, but it is better than watching the FG succeed with 0 seconds left.
But then again, I'm not an coach, so who knows.