That’s just bad etiquette in my book. You don’t risk injury prolonging a meaningless game.
And then, in the end, the same coach ends up going for it on 4th down instead of kicking a field goal in OT (first possession). So everything he could have learned about the mettle of his players on a big 4th down play he could have learned back in the 4th quarter.
That game was a tale of two jagoffs.
After Geno Smith (predictably) fell flat on his face, Simms was supposed to go in with the backup offensive line Ok. No Problem
Except it wasnt the backup ol. They had a Guard that had never played center prior to four days earlier in at Center, then they throw in the Presumed Starter, Sanchez at that point.
Predictably, he gets drilled in the shoulder.
RMFE.