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Originally Posted by Hydrae
We couldn't have run the clock out any more than we did when we got the ball back at the end. So that leaves us kicking a field goal and only leading by 7 and kicking the ball back to them. That is much more scary than giving them the ball back down by 11,
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Originally Posted by rydogg58
Exactly. They still had two time outs left, and there was over a minute remaining. A field goal, if it was made, only puts us up by 7. That wasn't a garbage time TD, Williams slit their throat and bled them dry with that run.
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If he takes the knee, its 1st and 10 and the 49ers have to use their 2nd time out. Then a knee, 2nd and 11 and the final time out is gone. Now you can run out another 80 seconds on 3rd and 4th down, and there was only 76 seconds on the clock when he passed the first down marker.
Basically because the touchdown stopped the clock, it gave the 49ers 1 more time out and made 40 seconds of difference.