Smart sacrifice.
Rachaad White was in a conundrum. And he only had a nanosecond to think about it.
With 45 seconds left in the game, Bucs 35, Seahawks 35, White took a handoff from Baker Mayfield and ran right and all of a sudden there was nothing between him and the end zone but green grass.
White looked to have the edge on the lone Seattle defender who may have been able to stop him, cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett.
Does White turn the corner and try to go for six to give the Bucs a touchdown lead? The flip side is, the Bucs defense finally got a stop when Lavonte David picked Sam Darnold. There was no guarantee that would repeat itself if the Seahawks got the ball back.
Or, should White do what he worked on in practice? Go down and let the clock tick.
White went down, but he admitted, he saw six points flashing in his eyes.
> “I thought about it,” White told Joe after the game of running to daylight. “I thought about it.”
White also told the Buccaneers Radio Network he was confident he could do an “Angry Runs” and get past Pritchett.
Instead, what he was coached to do took over.
> “It was a great decision,” White said. “We won, regardless.”
And yes, as White said, the Bucs ate a “W” yesterday, in part, thanks to his decision to go down and let the clock burn.