re: Payton made two huge gambles that luckily paid off

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As for kneeling it, they had two time outs so it’s not like a ton of time would have been run off.

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The Bears did not have any timeouts when Lutz kicked the FG in OT. They called one the play right after the 2 minute warning and before the attempt in OT to ice Lutz.

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If there was a botched snap or something, we could have covered it and had another chance to kick it.

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That's why you take 2 knees and kick it on 3rd down.

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We were in good range and besides that earlier kick, Lutz has been an amazing kicker. So just go out and win the game.

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Lutz literally missed a chip shot earlier in the game. Even great kickers miss kicks.

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I know the announcers were full of questions which makes others question the call, but as a fan I was fine with kicking it there.

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Most intelligent fans were questioning the decision to not run down the clock as well.