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sacram
Hindsight is always 20-20, but up 3 scores with 3 minutes left in the third and you just intercepted a pass at your own 6 stopping a long Denver drive with zero points. Throwing a deep pass there to Cooks on first down just doesn't seem like a good move, as the Denver D was playing for the pass all game and Goff had been kind of "off" for most of the game, maybe because of the gloves and/or weather.
If you run it 3 straight times there and have to punt, the Broncos are getting the ball back to start another drive all over again with inside of 1 minute left in the 3rd quarter down 3 scores.
BTW I LOVE that McVay is so open and critical of himself. I think that is great leadership!! We have definitely found ourselves a keeper who should be our coach for a very long time!!
I just don't think this run it 3 times and punt mentality is in McVay's DNA especially when we're still in the 3rd quarter. Maybe he embraces that approach with 4 minutes to go in the 4th but the 3rd quarter is kind of early to get into that frame of mind.
I am very glad that he's aggressive and doesn't buy into the conservative field position game in the 3rd quarter. I don't ever want to see that.
To err is human. If his error is over aggressive play calling, I'll take that over the alternative every day of the week.