What’s more fun than questioning NFL coaches? Nothing, that’s something. So let’s do it every week, right here. Today: Whatever the Bills-Rams ending was.

The scenario

Near the end of Sunday’s massive showdown between Buffalo and Los Angeles, the Bills trailed 44-35 but were knocking on the door. Not just knocking, hammering. A pass interference penalty gave Buffalo the ball to the Rams’ 1 with 1:06 to play. Tellingly, however, Buffalo still had all three timeouts… meaning a rushing touchdown plus a three-and-out would give the Bills the ball with considerable time to get into field goal range.

What to do?

The case to pass

Quick passes would stop the clock; Bills quarterback Josh Allen scored four times in just a few seconds. This was clearly the thought process of an interested and knowledgeable viewer:

“They’re in a great position,” Fox Sports announcer Tom Brady said as the Bills prepared to play their first play from the 1. “They just can’t do inbounds at this point. In the worst case scenario, three shots in the end zone. You have a little bit of time off the clock, but inbound there’s nothing where you need to take time off.”

On the other hand …

An argument for running

You know the old saying about passing – three things can happen, and two of them are bad. With everyone crammed into a single, 35-foot-deep box, there isn’t much wiggle room. So why not take the quicker route?

Allen had already scored two touchdowns on the afternoon, two 1-yard grinds that left him at the mercy of his offensive line. So why not put the ball in his hands and see what happens?

The result

Bills head coach Sean McDermott actually decided to go for the run… and the Rams stacked Allen at the goal line, forcing Buffalo to call a timeout.

Brady didn’t like the call and said so immediately in perhaps the best moment of his young broadcasting career. “It changes the entire complexity of the last 1:02 of the game,” Brady said. “I didn’t like that at all. That could have cost them the game right there.”

The Bills scored on the very next play — another Allen rush, as it turned out — but without that extra timeout, they couldn’t stop the clock on third down. That allowed the Rams to run the clock down to seven seconds before putting the ball away, and that was it. (The Bills also only had nine men on the field for that punt, but that’s a whole other story.)

So would the game have ended differently if Buffalo had decided to pass? Assuming they had managed to score either a touchdown or a field goal, the Bills could have used their timeouts and gotten the ball back with about 40 seconds left (if they had forced a three-and-out) , more than enough time to cross the field.

Your call. Did Buffalo make the right decision?