The decision to go for it on fourth down in the final minutes of the game cost the Los Angeles Clippers a victory.
When he wrote "WTF are we doing" moments after the decision, he was referring to the team captain and wide receiver, who was at home nursing a leg injury.
On fourth-and-1 from the Bolts' 46-yard line with 1:14 left in the game, Staley decided to go for it. The quarterback's pass to Williams was incomplete. The kicker missed a potential game-winning 54-yard field goal as time expired.
"We've become very close since I became the head coach," he said. The two of them met this morning. When you aren't a part of the competition, you can feel like you are missing out. Our hearts are with us. He wasn't with his team or in the fire, that's a money down that he's used to being out there. We are going to get closer because of it. This morning, we became closer to one another.
Allen, a 10th-year pro and the Bolts' leader in catches, has been out since Week 2 and is still a day-to-day player.
The Broncos and the Bolts will play on Monday night.
According to the win probability model, the decision to go for it on fourth down was in the best interests of the team.
The winning percentage to go for it was 84.1%, while the winning percentage to punt was 78.6%.
Some people are going to disagree with the decision. You just have to have conviction in what you believe in and be transparent with your process.
The team is 5-of-11 on fourth down conversions.
The Bolts converted a league-high 22 times on fourth down in 34 attempts last season.
Austin Ekeler, who amassed 199 all-purpose yards Sunday, said that this was no surprise. It's still Brandon Staley that we're talking about here and we saw everything last year that we were doing and so it showed up in this moment where he believed in us." We came up short after he gave us the chance to get 1 yard.
A season-high 10 catches for 134 yards for wide receiver Mike Williams was the highlight of the game for the Bolts.
The goal was to finish the game on the field. They had been playing a game. The best decision for us at that time was to go outside and play our game.
On Monday, Sebastian Joseph-Day, who was part of a significant offseason makeover to the Bolts' defense that included the additions of edge rusher Khalil Mack and cornerback J.C. Jackson, expressed no reservations about the decision to give the offense a final opportunity.
Joseph-Day said that the decisions were made by the coach and he knew it. I won't question that man. I won't question his decisions because he has a reason. That is the reason he is the head coach. I will ride with him.
The field goal attempt was made before the five-play run. The quarterback and the running back were stopped for no reason.
The way our offense was playing gave me a lot of confidence and the way our defense was playing gave me a lot of confidence as well. That factored into it. We trusted our offense to make a play and I felt like it was the right thing to do.
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