The biggest idiot during the final minutes of that game was that pathetic excuse for a sportscaster Dick Enberg. They go for two - they make it and Dick gleefully shouts "and the Broncos win!" Here's a newsflash oh genius paid to know what the hell is going on during the football game: There's 24 seconds left on the clock, the two teams have combined to score 77 points so far, it's *very* possible that another field goal could have been kicked. Do us all a favor and retire, your calls of the game have been atrocious for almost two decades now.
And kudos to our own Steve Tasker who knows what's going on by telling the lead announcer (Gus Johnson I believe) that no, Jacksonville is *not* "forced" to punt and they in fact didn't punt. Typical pet peeve for the followers of TMQ - nice to see one of our own 'gets it'.
Personal opinion of Shanahan's call: In a high scoring game where you're moving the ball at will, I don't have a problem with it. If the score was 13-12, in a tight defensive battle then by all means kick the XP.