Originally posted by Afrikan:
While he was running, it did look like he slowed down a bit which allowed the defender to catch up.
From this fam camera view he looks to be running hard (look at his shoulders) then when passing mid field...he doesn't look to be running as hard. I doubt he got tired that quick.
https://youtube.com/shorts/DfpH-lJ4_F4?si=8U4b5GJIYswCPDqa
Maybe just over thought the situation and was planning to get down eventually close to the goal line.
The situation was SCORE for a 2 score lead. Instead of a 1 score lead. No wonder Shanahan collapses so many leads. They had time and timeouts and a 5 point lead was hardly safe with DK Metcalf. A FG was hardly sure with the guy we just signed. That would only be 8 points. Still within a TD and 2 point conversion. The proper move was to SCORE. No reason to over think this.