Statistically, today at least, chances of scoring a TD from the five were greater by running the ball. Play for the win.
Tend to lean toward running the ball. There's a legitimate argument both ways IMO. Passing it offers more risk and higher reward, while running offers less risk and lower reward.
With the TD throw that probably provides us a greater probability of winning IF we can subsequently stop them from scoring a TD and avoid OT. That's not a guarantee, though. The folks arguing for running have a point taking into consideration we're playing our third quarterback and a rush is the safer, more reliable option. Still, if you're going to be an aggressor playing for the win, the idea is to go for a knockout blow approaching the finish rather than a battle of attrition as time is expiring. It's possible a touchdown is scored rushing as well.
We can all agree that the game sucked. Another squandered opportunity...
The much larger issue though, in my opinion, is the play of our quarterbacks. Rhule took a risk with Sims that didn't pan out. Haarberg hasn't been an answer and there's no indication that Purdy is. I'm more concerned with getting a quarterback here that can run an offense effectively and efficiently. We lost this game due to turnovers. The regularity of which we do it is massive and costly. It's terribly difficult to gain momentum giving the ball away. Only execution does that.
The defense did their part. The game plan was decent enough. I anticipated more points being scored and it not being that close. That's a pretty decent offense that we faced. Their defense wasn't particularly good and yet we only scored
10 points. Satterfield might need to sharpen his game though the outcome is attributable to our not having an offense that functions well enough to win mostly due to the play of our QB's.
