As the Indianapolis Colts drove down the field late in the game, burning the clock as they cut through the Patriots defense, rookie head coach Jerod Mayo was faced with a major decision.
New England could have started burning timeouts defensively to preserve more time on the clock for its offense, or kept the timeouts on hand to get more chances to stop the clock on its final drive.
Mayo opted for the latter, but wound up in the least desirable outcome. The Patriots did have a pair of timeouts to work with on their final drive, but only 12 seconds of game clock.