Well sure every decision LOOKS good when it works.
And more importantly, every decision LOOKS bad when it doesn't work.
It wasn't the right decision man. Too much wrong can happen. Strip sack, incomplete, INT.
Don't think he throws it there if SB is covered. Strip sack is probably as likely as a SB fumble on a run there.
The decision was pass. Bad decision. Yeah the play ended up being a good play call for that defense.......but when making a decision you have to actually factor in the possibility of not executing properly.
If you watch the play a few times, you can see that the decision was 'pass if SB is open, run it if not'. If it wasn't executed properly, I'm extremely confident that Jalen was told to run the ball and try to pick up the first. But he saw a WIDE open Barkley and put it right on the money to end the game.
Now instead of a minute left and a deflated ATL, you gave them extra hope and an adrenaline rush.
I don't know about 'deflated'. Either way they're kicking the FG, a commercial break happens, a kickoff happens, and Kirk marches on the field with either 1:00 or 1:40 to score. It took them 1:01 to score and they were in no rush at the very end there.
Or maybe ya just get the first down on the run.
Look at the replay and pause it, it was extremely unlikely they got the first down.
I'll stand by it, I hated the decision as soon as I realized it was a pass.