Still questioning Sunday's 4th quarter field goal?

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If you still just aren't quite over last weekend's loss and happen to keep thinking about the 'what if's?', you will definitely want to check out the recent post from NFL.com by Michael Lombardi. In his post, he says that Harbaugh's decision to take the field goal attempt isn't really the headscratcher that it seems to be! Why? 

Under this scenario, Harbaugh kept his team alive -- albeit barely. By kicking the field goal, his players then had to execute every scenario perfectly -- which they failed to do. However by kicking the field goal, he spared his team from having to recover an onside kick. And assuming his defense played well, he also removed the need to move the ball down the field and find the end zone twice when his offense had been stagnant all day.

Check out his full analysis of the situation as well as some highlight video from Sunday's game  here!