obviously you dont want to give up a TD but i would be interested to have seen whether our win probability would have been higher with them scoring or with them converting the 1st down...
because i have a sneaky feeling that we had a better chance of driving down the field for a TD than winning via a conversion with the bears running out the clock and missing a field goal...
something to be said for playing the marker hard and making sure that you guard the sticks with everything and if they get you over the top then fine... you'll live and die by the sword
There is so many scenarios like this in football where what actually makes sense rarely works out. It truly feels like every team who has the ball last wins (with a reasonable situation). What you described is the same feeling I get when it's second and one at the end of games and we need the ball back - I want the team to get the first down as it is highly improbable to stop a team running on 3rd and 4th and one.
The last way I wanted that game to end was by the bears kicking a field goal with 3 seconds left to break out hearts. I would much rather have a shot with the ball and let the destiny be in our own hands.