This Commanders situation does not take a rocket scientist to figure out.
It is a sudden death situation. With the clock running and the ball at the 24 yard line, the instruction over the headset should have been simple: tell the QB to use the whole clock, then spike it with the play clock low.
A field goal from the 24 (42 yards) goes in about 83% of the time. You would be attempting that field goal to win and end the game with 10 seconds left.
If you really wanted to, you could call a rollout pass with an automatic throw out of bounds at 10 seconds to burn a few more seconds and make the field goal the last play. I would not even bother with that here. The game ends in a tie 99.99% of the time if you miss the field goal with 10 seconds left anyway.
Some of these car accident game management sequences can be traced back to having 400 buzzwords for situations and confusing both players and staff. I've had people in booth roles insist that you need all these silly code words: “This one is Ozone. This one is Giraffe,” and so on. Then, when I bring up edge scenarios that none of their 400 situations adequately capture, they don't know what to tell me.
Just calmly explain what to do over the headset to the QB, and you very likely leave with a victory.
ABC's Monday Night Football Intro
#Giants at #Redskins
September 11, 1989
The 20th season of Monday Night Football kicks off with a matchup of two beasts from the NFC East on a muggy night in our nation's capital.
The open features Frank Gifford taking a historical walk-through of the Giants-Redskins rivalry.
After Giff sets the table, Al Michaels discusses the outlook for Washington followed by Dan Dierdorf's assessment of Big Blue.
💯 things we love about college football:
4️⃣8️⃣ #1 overall recruit Kevin Jones flipped a coin and chose the Hokies…he was dynamite from the moment he stepped foot Blacksburg. In 3 seasons:
3700 yards
35 TDs
5.6 yards per carry
Redskins/Commanders Greatest Games of All Time: 1/12/92 NFC Championship vs. the Detroit Lions—Absolute domination from start to finish. Washington punched its ticket to Super Bowl XXVI and RFK Stadium was rocking all afternoon. #RaiseHail
Sonny Jurgensen hits halfback Gerry Allen for a 99-yard Redskins touchdown at Chicago's Wrigley Field in the 1968 season opener.
One of only fourteen 99-yard pass plays in NFL history
#HTTR 🕯️