The Falcons missed a potential game-winning field goal as time expired, forcing overtime where the Commanders emerged victorious.
After a costly pass interference call on the Commanders , the Falcons were in prime position for a potential winning field goal attempt, but Riley Patterson's kick came up short. (0:28) Coach Raheem Morris said calling a timeout after a key first-down catch late in the fourth quarter with the score tied Sunday night could have been a better decision than running a hurry-up play. Patterson's kick with two seconds left came up short, the game went to overtime and the Commanders won.
In hindsight, it could have been a good decision or a better decision to take that timeout, but I wanted to have the opportunity to move up there, Morris said. You always second-guess those things, you can always second-guess those motives. You can always go back and look at it and see if you can get it snapped a little bit quicker. for a 25-yard first down to the Falcons' 44-yard line with around 34 seconds left. Rather than calling a timeout -- and Atlanta had two left -- Morris kept the clock running. On the next play, Penix threw an incomplete pass to Mooney with 17 seconds left.Morris said he probably could have stopped the clock after the Penix completion to Mooney, but was hoping to save that timeout. I thought we could get to the line of scrimmage and run our operation a little faster there, Morris said. and Mooney, and Patterson missed the long field goal attempt. Patterson's career long was 53 yards. He has been with the Falcons since Week 16 when You can say, we can call a timeout right there, but you can say I catch the ball, go down the sideline and go score, Mooney said. Either way. Whenever something negative happens, you look back and be like, Oh, we should have hit this. You can just have a negative with any situation. He calls the timeout whenever he feels fit and he trusted us to get a play off and make the next play, Penix said. So, we all trust Coach's judgment on that
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