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Originally Posted by TheNoodleMan
Why don't coaches realize they can squeeze a few extra seconds out of the victory formation?
Have Matt Ryan take the snap, cover it with both hands, and stand back there until a defender actually gets within a yard of him and THEN take a knee. You can kill an extra 3 seconds per play.
In all my years of watching football, Peyton Manning is the only QB I have ever seen actually do this to get a couple extra seconds killed when he needed it.
If Matt Ryan does this for 3 downs, he kills 9 of the 15 remaining seconds, and then they can intentional safety on 4th down to kill the rest.
Just not worth getting somebody clobbered over. It's already a spot that can get pretty chippy to say the least. You start doing that and end up losing a guy for the season you can end up looking for another job real quick.
Plus I mean how much equity are you giving up there by punting with 15 seconds left? Maybe 1%? You don't have to increase the risk of injury by much at all to give a heck of a lot more than that away in a future game(s). Obviously you can't always coach around injuries in that sport but getting fancy and asking for it in a spot like that just doesn't seem to add up especially in week #2.