That whole damned drive was just, WTF? Throwing into the middle of the field with no timeouts left, taking their time lining up while the seconds tick away. Just terrible coaching and play calling. If they'd managed the clock better, they may have been able to get closer for the FG attempt. Just 10 more yards would have been the difference.
It was awful.
That was a ragged final drive, but I'll bet the receivers on the outside were all covered so if Philip had thrown to them it would have been picked off. At least he got us a 54-yard attempt. But we needed that one timeout lost in that dumb challenge.
Yup, Rivers was criticized for his clock management during the last drive of the Seattle game in December, but he threw the scoring touchdown with seconds left on the clock. He couldn't do it this time around, much less get them in better field goal position.
Why does the name, Bev Harris come to mind?...