I don't care if it's not even an aggressive attempt to go down field. Have two running plays already called and run the ball on 1st and 2nd down quickly and see what happens. If you don't get at least a 1st down, then just let the clock run out after 2nd down or if the Pats use their last timeout, run again on 3rd down to either get the 1st down and start using your own timeouts or let the half end. If Fournette gets to the second level, who knows what might happen. The Pats having only 1 timeout wasn't a threat for them to get the ball back. We had some free run attempts there that were opted not to be used. What was Fournette drafted for then?

The only explanation is Marrone felt it was better to kill the momentum New England had by just ending the half, but I disagree with that strategy and I'm sure in retrospect he probably does now as well.

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