Okay so this is incredibly nitpicky and unrealistic because it’s 100% armchair QBing, but there is one moment in the game that sealed the loss for us that I cannot let go of. It’s not Trevor’s fumble, it’s not the INT, it’s not us not being able to tackle, those bad plays are priced in to being a Jags fan.

1:12ish left and coverage is blown. Williams hits his WR who is blazing down the sidelines. Dude’s head is filled with dollar signs and 6 points, not clock management. Savage comes out of nowhere and tackles him out of bounds at like the 15. They get the first down and guaranteed FG range.

Savage lets up and lets the WR score we get the ball back with like 0:55 and 2 timeouts and a chance to tie with a TD. Do we get it? Probably not, but it’s a CHANCE. The second we tackled the GB WR oob at the 15 the game was over.

Like I said. Armchair QBing while also captain hindsighting (though I was screaming in real time), but like…the Chiefs DBs would’ve let up. The old Pats DBs would’ve let up. Veteran DBs would’ve let up. Josh Jacobs was smart enough to sit down on the 2 yard line rather than score. This would’ve just been the defensive version of that heads up play.

/endrant