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The Rams felt confident they could score with a first down on the one. But they needed to take time off to lesson the time for the Lions for a comeback.as difficult as that would be for the Lions. They got both-a winning score and taking time off. Winning teams do that sort of thing. Maybe not conventional but McVay is far from that.
You’re not alone here, waterfield. I can see the Gurley/McVay logic on this.
Gurley was unselfish and did the right thing and it directly led to the win. From the 1 and first down, they get the Lions to burn off the rest of their timeouts and unless they fumble an exchange, a chip shot FG attempt to extend the lead to 10+ with less than 2 minutes left. If he scores the TD on the run, then it's a 14 point lead but well over 2 minutes and mutliple timeouts to work with.
It was clearly the smart way to go.
