Quote:Unless you had a wire tap into Hurns' brain last night, I'd say you're making (bad word removed) up. Getting the first down there was the ultimate priority, and I'm sure Hurns knew it. With 2 and a half minutes to go, keeping the clock running doesn't take precedence over moving the chains. These are professionals after all; the defender just made a good play.

 

Technically... you're both wrong... and you're both right.

 

Hurns absolutely tried to stay in bounds.  He made a VERY blatant effort of that.

 

However, he DID also try to get the first.  If you watch that play, and specifically watch his feet, he tried to stop his momentum to push forward up-field for the first, while staying in bounds.  However, when he planted, his feet slid out from under him due to the ground being wet/soft/whatever there and he went down.

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