Atlanta lost the SB on 3rd and 23 at the +35 with 3:50 left in game.

I don’t have all of the details that you are asking for here but the solution is pretty simple.  Do you want to remove the emotion and pressure from the decisions that need to be made?  Well then you need to take these decisions out of the hands of human beings and allow computers to make them.   We see this more and more in financial markets these days.  “Gut” traders, by and large, have been replaced with algorithms that stick to a process no matter what.  Obviously we can’t eliminate the human element from coaching entirely, but I think the solution is pretty simple- hire a team of software developers to create an application that will run simulations using actual historical game data and use this data to inform what the best possible decision is at any given time with probabilities based on past outcomes.

Put this on the tablets that all the coaches carry around and voila; you’ve got all the answers to the test right in front of you.   If there was a red flashing light screaming at Shanahan to tell Ryan to let the play clock run down or telling him that the benefit of running the ball and burning clock increases their win probability by X percent, maybe he would have listened…