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Originally Posted by MTK
yeah the scramble at the end was a boneheaded Cousins type of play for sure, he needed to go down about 5 yards earlier
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He needed to not do it at all. It doesn't take a genius to look at the clock with 14 seconds left and know that's 2, at a squeeze 3, pass plays or 1 run. You're at the opponents 41 yard line, and they're now defending the side-line so your only realistic hopes are putting a throw into the EZ or somewhere inside the 20 and run after the catch. Any play that doesn't result in the TD, an inc. or get it OOB, is not going to stop the clock in time, in any game. You aren't getting a 41 yard run for the TD at this point (barring some kind of miracle where the entire D falls down), so you have to know running the ball is either going to lose you the remining clock, or give you one last shot, maybe 30 yards out. I don't get the logic of reducing yourself to 1 slightly easier EZ shot instead of taking 2+ shots at it from the 41. I mean, Dak can throw the ball further than 40 yards, right?!