I can see this both ways. I understand wanting to evaluate talent. I get that. But calling time out with less than 20 sec's left to score one more time when the game was already out of reach was poor form. What are they going to learn from one more running play? Sure, it doesn't count, but in general terms, rubbing a team's nose in it is poor sportsmanship. You can bet Baltimore wouldn't like it if the roles were reversed. Maybe they're trying to win bigger to sell tickets. Looked like they had a lot of empty seats.
And yes, stopping it is on the Chiefs. If you don't like getting embarrassed, do something about it. Stop the run.
Haley will file this away. Coaches have long memories. Someday Harbaugh will have some payback coming, and hopefully it'll come when the game counts. You can bet on that.
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