The 7th Floor · Oct 10, 2023
Donald Chaney Jr. Didn’t Fumble
Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThis is not a justification for the unforgettably moronic decision by Coach Dawson and Coach Cristobal to run the football rather than to take a knee (on all three downs, not just the fateful third down). There is no justification for what happened Saturday night, and Cristobal is rightly admitting as much during his post-game media rounds.
But that said...Don Chaney was down.