if we go and don't make it game over. if we do move the sticks we got 30 seconds and no TO'S. and if during one of the next plays we take a sack, commit a penalty or god forbid turnover ...guess what.
just making that first down itself doesn't automatically guarantee us points or a shorter kick. and we risk the possiblity we actually move backwards or run out of time to even kick. i don't fault dino decision to kick. but the TO ? there just is no good explanation. you run the clock down if you're kicking or save it if you're going for it . blowing it to think it over is just bad coaching.