During Monday night's win against the Los Angeles Chargers, Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy made a head-scratching decision when he let the clock run down near the end of the first half before settling for a field goal.
While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, McCarthy explained his line of thinking and said he felt the need to play conservatively at that point in the game:
Ed Werder @WerderEdESPNMike McCarthy letting clock run to :03 and taking FG to end first half: "We just decided to play it safe. ...I just felt the way the game was going — I think we had a holding penalty earlier on the series.