NFL Week 10 Sunday Night Football: Colts@ Chargers

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Hell there is a fair chance the Colts take the penalty there to save the timeout in case of a miss.

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Great point. It's almost certainly +EV to have the extra TO vs. the additional 5 yards on the FG try in that spot.

Of course, the higher +EV play would have been to forget about trying to draw them offsides and just go for the FG (when is the last time anyone remembers ANY defense jumping offsides in that situation?).

Oh, and that "simulating the snap" penalty was actually a good call, and is exactly why that rule is in the book.