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The raiders did not want a late touchdown. The dolphins wanted them.
Although a touchdown from the Raiders would have given the Dolphins more time, the Dolphins would have had to touchdown to win or maybe a tie (if Las Vegas had gone for two wickets and scored). Miami had less time but needed just three points to win, drawing the clock and field goals that give the Riders a 25-23 lead.
On Saturday night, Raiders coach John Gruden said he had no regrets about trying not to touchdown. On Sunday, Dolphins coach Brian Flores confirmed his team Tried to let the riders touchdown.
Both were arguably wrong in their assessment of the situation. As MDSA noted, defending the final zone is always easy for defense.
Josh Jacobs did a smart and selfless job while running who sat next to one to catch the play starting at 1:50 and out of Miami timeout, while riders should try to touchdown on the play starting with 1 on the clock 05 And the dolphins should try to stop them.
Apparently, the result supports the assumption that riders should try to touchdown, as a field goal opened the door to Miami’s victory. And the ability to come into the goal range of the Dolphins field with 19 seconds remaining boundaries in the Miracle series. However, it is always better to defend the end zone when the opponent gets the ball with about a minute left and there is no timeout.
It doesn’t take as much effort (or time) for the Dolphins to get into the field goal range as it did last night. It takes a lot more to get to the end zone. Unless Greg Williams calls the anti-defense.
