As the clock was ticking down within three minutes, the Atlanta Falcons made a difficult choice to go for the easy points in a field goal, thus leaving them down on the scoreboard in the waning moments of the game. What most will say was the wrong decision by head coach Dan Quinn, was in fact the correct call to make in that moment.
Hindsight is always 20/20, and yes, they may have been able to score from the 3-yard line. But in what had been tough sledding for the offense against the NaVorro Bowman-led defense, a field goal seemed a lot more realistic in the closing seconds of the game.