How Much Is It Due to Jalen Hurts?

Jeff Pearlman: I'm always a proponent that the opportunity to go out by two scores. A team that's down by eight oftentimes won't be rushing as much because they think of it as a one possession game. If you're down by nine, the defense is probably going to play it a little bit differently. So in a way, you kind of have the edge, lulling them into this false sense of having more time when in reality, it's only like a 50% chance that it's a oneossession game.