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I finally had the stomach to watch this video, and on the second down play with Hardman, I wonder if Pat was scared of a slight underthrow/behind Mecole that the DB would undercut for a pick 6.
The third down play is just ... it's astounding and sickening. He must've been terrified of a tipped ball in the end zone for an INT. The fact that they only needed a FG to tie must've been in his head, especially after he screwed up the drive at the end of the first half.
If that were fourth down, or they needed a TD to tie, or they were down 4 points, I have to believe he makes that throw -- and we win. But he played it safe.
Despite all the hiccups on that drive, I was very confident he was going to throw a TD pass on third down. And son of a bitch, it was there, twice, and he couldn't pull the trigger.
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