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Originally Posted by O.city
I think they could have though.
Even with the time out
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They could have.
If he goes down, the Chiefs have 1st and 10 from the one and the Chargers have to use their last timeout with 1:50 left.
1st down: The Chiefs snap it at 1:50, go down at 1:49 and the clock ticks...
2nd down: The Chiefs snap it at 1:10, go down at 1:09 and the clock continues to tick
3rd down: The Chiefs snap it at 29 seconds - game over.
Reid was right and he's actually had a RB do that in the past (I believe it was Westbrook). But he also wasn't 'upset' about it; he used almost that grandpa voice where he was proud of the kid but hey, he has something to remember if that situation pops up again.
The right answer was to go down. Sure, they could've flubbed a snap, but given that they just flubbed an onside kick the week before after allowing an easy 'prevent' TD, I'd say the odds favored taking the knee.