Quote:Right, because they fully expected San Diego to come out from halftime and immediately score. 

 

Think about what you're saying here.  I'll wait. 

 

The expectation SHOULD have been that the team comes out of the half and stops San Diego.  If you think they SHOULD have made some effort in less than a minute to put points on the board, most likely a field goal, that would have meant that it was meaningless since you subsequently expected them to let San Diego score on the opening drive of the 2nd half.  So, again, what does it matter if they made the more conservative call and avoided potential disaster.  They lost by 19, so would a 16 point loss have been more satisfying for you?

 

A 16-point loss would have been more satisfying to me because I wanted to see what Blake can do in a hurry-up situation. Now I am still left with the question "Is Bortles a good clock manager?" becaues Jedd Fisch did not tell him to run a one-minute drill. That was really the big disappointment for me.

 

In the end a field goal would not have helped. But don't you think it would have been better to go into the locker room tied than trailing by three points?

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