[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

But doesn't Matt Ryan have any say? Can't he go back the bench and say "hey dude why are we snapping the ball at 15 seconds?"

Players deserve some blame too, but how do Quinn or Shanahan not tell him "Slow it down, we're in no rush"? But it was a bad clock management game from both sides, had New England not won because they ran out of time Belichick would have gotten the Andy Reid treatment post game. It is pretty crazy the Falcons were running plays as fast or faster than New England was until Atlanta's last drive with the lead.