He stayed in bounds just about as long as he could. Plus, if he had decided to chuck it deep out of bounds, he would have run the risk of the ball hitting the ground before the clock ran out and then giving the 49ers a chance to win the game from the Raven's three yard line. It could have been eerily similar to the 2009 Big 12 Championship game.That was a very smart play by Koch, by the way. I actually thought he should have waited a few seconds and then chucked it as far as he could out of bounds. Has to be frustrating for the other team though.
That early TO San Fran took....
San Francisco should have called a timeout before their fourth down play that gave Baltimore the ball back. That was really the killer, imho. They had two (or, at the very least, one) timeout at that point in the game. Why not burn it? It's the most important play for the rest of the game because if you score, you've basically won. If you don't, they've basically won.