This strategy revolves around NOTHING bad happening on offense after getting a first down.
- What if he hits Diggs for the first down, and then the next play Cook fumbles?
- What if he hits Diggs for the first down, and then the next play the ball gets tipped and KC intercepts it?
- What if he hits Diggs for the first down, and then the next play we get a personal foul that pushes us back 15 yards and makes scoring nearly impossible?
You always take the TD when it's available, because you simply do not know what is going to happen after that moment.
Yes, in a perfect world you take the first down and score with 00's on the clock. But we live in reality.
You take the TD when you have Shakir running open in the endzone.