It might have been a good strategy - with more time on the clock he might have looked around more and tossed it away, making them think twice on the NEXT play.
But with only seconds left and no time outs they should have made it clear his objective was to stop the clock with the incomplete pass.
It was dumb bad luck someone jumped in and grabbed the ball
“It was dumb bad luck someone jumped in and grabbed the ball”
It was a bad call, good throw BUT after watching the rerun of the play over and over again this morning, the receiver saw the hit coming, hesitated and actually short-armed the ball.
The coach deserves all of the scorn that he is receiving, the quarterback none and the receiver deserves some ‘heat’, too.
The coach and the receiver should split the ‘heat’.