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At 10-10 would be an utterly dumb play. Turnover could easily be a touchdown the other way.
Lol I’ll pass thanks
more risk than reward given the field positionAs someone who doesn't understand the intricacies of the sport, can someone please explain to me why the Niners took a knee with 5 seconds left on the clock, instead of just heaving a hail mary into the endzone. Sure the chance of it coming off are extremely low, but the chance of it being intercepted and returned for a TD would be even lower (wouldn't it?), so it'd be worth a shot, no?
Two reasons:As someone who doesn't understand the intricacies of the sport, can someone please explain to me why the Niners took a knee with 5 seconds left on the clock, instead of just heaving a hail mary into the endzone. Sure the chance of it coming off are extremely low, but the chance of it being intercepted and returned for a TD would be even lower (wouldn't it?), so it'd be worth a shot, no?
Two reasons:
1) NFL Head Coaches are inherently conservative, and even if they are getting better at being more conservative, I wouldn't think any of them would take that risk
2) There are other downsides just besides an interception, namely a the QB being sacked, fumbling the ball and having it returned for a TD, plus the risk of injury considering the defense could just tee off on the QB knowing that he has to hold the ball for a (comparatively) long time to allow the receivers to get into the end zone.
Also the 9ers aren't that much of a throwing team
Totally would