Chargers' Keenan Allen puzzled by bizarre 4th down call: 'WTF are we doing?'
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The Los Angeles Chargers walked away with a win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday despite questionable play calling late in the game, but not everyone on the team was confident with head coach Brandon Staley’s seemingly risky behavior.
Veteran wideout Keenan Allen missed his fourth straight game with a hamstring injury but he took to Twitter to call out Staley’s decision not to punt on fourth down with just a little over a minute left and a two-point lead on the Chargers’ own 46.
Head coach Brandon Staley of the Los Angeles Chargers walks the sideline during the Browns game at FirstEnergy Stadium on Oct. 9, 2022, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)
"WTF are we doing?" he said in a tweet.
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Justin Herbert’s incomplete pass to Mike Williams gave the ball back to the Browns but rookie kicker Cade York missed what could’ve been a game-winning 54-yard field goal with 11 seconds left.
Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Michael Davis celebrates as Browns kicker Cade York misses a 54-yard field goal with 0:16 seconds left in the game on Oct. 9, 2022, at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
"So glad he missed that. Cause man man man," Allen said in a follow up tweet.
Staley defended his decision after the game, saying they wanted to finish "on our terms."
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"I just wanted to finish the game with the ball. I felt like we liked the play, liked the matchup, knew what coverage they were going to be in and we wanted to finish the game on our terms on third down… they defended it well," he