Shanahan, for first time, is looking like second best play caller in a 'Niner game.
But Shanahan had another one of his piss poor clock management brain freezes today right before the end of 1H. (That makes about 4-5 glaring errors in his 'Niners tenure). You have to run the ball on second down when you're at/near midfield and burn a bunch of time off clock to ensure that Bills have no time left to score if you don't get first down in that series. Instead, it was pass (short completion OOB) and then INC. No time ran off the clock; punt; and of course, Buffalo went 50yards in 45 seconds for the FG before halftime.
Fortunately, it won't matter for the game outcome. But really, Shanahan has a major blind spot when it comes to precluding worst case scenarios at end of half or end of regulation.
But Shanahan had another one of his piss poor clock management brain freezes today right before the end of 1H. (That makes about 4-5 glaring errors in his 'Niners tenure). You have to run the ball on second down when you're at/near midfield and burn a bunch of time off clock to ensure that Bills have no time left to score if you don't get first down in that series. Instead, it was pass (short completion OOB) and then INC. No time ran off the clock; punt; and of course, Buffalo went 50yards in 45 seconds for the FG before halftime.
Fortunately, it won't matter for the game outcome. But really, Shanahan has a major blind spot when it comes to precluding worst case scenarios at end of half or end of regulation.