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Originally Posted by Chargem
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.
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Sure, that's good technical football, and makes sense on paper. But at game speed, with him running to the sidelines, and the pursuit of the SF defense it probably wasn't going to happen. Trying to worry about taking a knee when he's already hit full speed and making it work without fumbling would be problematic at best.