Los Angeles Rams head coach Brandon Staley defended his decision to call a timeout with 38 seconds remaining in Sunday's overtime loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, saying the team needed to get the correct personnel on the field.
“We needed to get in the right grouping,” Staley told reporters. “We felt like they were going to run the ball, so we wanted to get our best 11 personnel run defense in, make that substitution so we could get a play where we would deepen the field goal.”
Staley made the questionable call as the Raiders slowly worked their way down the field in overtime, seemingly content to play for a tie, which would have seen both teams make the playoffs.