justify throwing a fade route on 1st and goal from the 4 yard line with 40 seconds to go and two timeouts. Zero. He could have thrown a perfect pass that was caught for a TD and I still would have hated the decision. I can like an outcome of a play without liking the decision.

As an example, let’s say Jonny Linehan converted that infamous 4th and 19 fake punt inside the end zone. Would converting that have made that a smart decision? Of course not. The reward for a massively risky play would be having the ball on your own 25ish yard line. Hardly a reward worth risking giving the ball to Boise inside the 5 yard line.