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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles
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(vs. 49ers, 10/08)
With more than a minute left to play in regulation and the Colts clinging to a 23-16 lead, Pagano declined a 10-second run-off on a 49ers penalty to save time for the Colts in the event that the 49ers scored the game-tying touchdown ...... but then 2 plays later, he failed to follow that up by opting NOT to call a timeout when the 49ers were tackled in bounds, which allowed them to bleed the clock before calling their own time out with one second left on the play clock.
Subsequently, the Colts had no time left to try to get into field goal range after the 49ers did indeed tie the game with a touchdown pass on 4th down on the very next play.
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My first guess is that, somewhere in the four or five minutes that elapsed between decision one and decision two, Chuck simply decided that an Offense led by Brissett didn't have a realistic shot at driving into FG range in less than 25 or 30 seconds. My second guess is that he didn't want to take a chance that Brissett would make a mistake and toss an interception that would hand the game to the 49'ers. My last guess is that the decision might have been different had Andrew Luck been taking snaps.