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First of all, if I were coach of the Seattle Seahawks, I might very well have called for a pass on second and goal from the one, with 26 seconds left on the clock and only one timeout remaining. An incomplete pass would have stopped the clock, where a failed run would not. If the Hawks had had two timeouts left, they probably would have run the ball on that play.

So the lesson to be learned is this: timeouts are precious – like coconuts on a desert island. If you waste them you might die in agony. Like the Seahawks did.

(Of course, if I were coach of the Seahawks, y’all might as well root for...