“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.” - William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
Maybe death is a little overboard with thirteen games left in the season, but you get the point. This is, of course, in reference to Doug Pederson’s decision to go for glory on 4th & 8, down 27-24, from his own 22-yard line with 2:25 remaining.
The play didn’t work for a number of reasons.