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Fair enough
There is always extra scrutiny over the clock management and play-calling in the final 2 minutes of tight games.
The more it goes down to the wire, the greater the scrutiny and second-guessing.
Meanwhile, both coaches probably could've done dozens/hundreds of things differently for the other 58 minutes which also would've affected the outcome of the game. We don't forensically over-analyse all that other coaching... Just the last few plays...
I get what you're saying, but I'm more of the opinion if coaches get super cute and it backfires, then questions should be asked and shit should be given, etc.
But if they take what's on offer, run the plays they know will work, score the points and trust their defence, then that's cool.
Analytics are not the be-all and end-all. That's the other bit which you're not taking into account: Staley is showing some faith in his defence. What message do you think it sends to his defenders if he shows fear in what the Browns offense might do and so he elects to take a knee, not score and run the clock right down? is there a way to measure the psychological impact of that on his defence for the remaining games?
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