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If we got to replay the final 2 minutes starting where the Eagles had 1st and goal at the 2 yard line, I still wouldn't call timeout there. Bill Belichick said in the same article that I provided that maybe calling TO in the SB was the right thing to do. So even he isn't saying it's cut and dry in that situation. What I find extremely unlikely is that a coach that decides to drop the clock down to 25 seconds instead of using one of their 2 timeouts would at the same time decide to call a timeout with 1:50 to go. No timeout means they both liked the matchups that is obvious.
For you to say you would have called a TO there is fair. For you to say that Nagy did a "terrible" job at clock management in the entire Eagles game solely based on your personal preference on one play is ridiculous.
BB said he waited because he expected pass due to his putting in goalline D. Once again the Eagles ran on the next two plays and the Bears did not have goalline D in so his comments don't apply to the actual situation Nagy faced. The trigger for whether you start using timeouts is when the team has 1st and goal because then you can reasonably predict that they only have about 4 plays left. The Seahawks were on the 49 when it was 1:50 left which is not when you call the timeout.
Umm I noted several instances where they let the play clock get down to the last seconds so it was not just based on this sequence. Nagy has an issue getting plays in on time and the offense is rushed as a result. Probably also helps to contribute to all the pre-snap penalties. However, generally speaking clock management in the last moments of a game are how one is judged on clock management because that is when the timing is most critical. Would you like me to judge him based on how he managed the end of the 3rd quarter?