has earned his reputation as one of the game's most forward-thinking offensive minds. A somewhat conservative decision late in to the left the coach open to criticism.With two minutes to play and the game tied at 17, the had a fourth-and-1 from outside the 1-yard line. There were two positive outcomes po sible: A touchdown or a first down. Kelly chose to kick the field goal, a decision that backfired minutes later when threw a to ."Yeah, I thought about it," Kelly said of the po sibility of going for it on fourth down, . "We got the two-minute warning and talked about it. I thought our defense to that point Atlas FC Jersey was playing really, really well. I had confidence in them. I told them that we were kicking the field goal because I had confidence in them."Kelly's decision to kick the field goal came on a day in which the running the football against the NFL's top run defense entering Sunday. Kelly said he believed Arizona's defense "may have been a little ga sed" on the final drive."I felt like we could beat them in the run," said , who was stuffed for a short lo Son Hueng-Min Jersey s on third down. "Obviously they were getting tired, but we were gashing them and I don't think it had anything to do with them wearing down. I thought our guys up front were better than those guys up front."Kelly was asked why he didn't ask , his 6-foot-6 quarterback, to simply plow ahead to pick up the first down and/or touchdown."I tried that against Dallas last year and it got shoved up our tails, so I wasn't going to run that again," Kelly said.It's hard to kill Kelly's decision-making for the simple reason that you can't put yourself at risk of coming away with no points in that situation. Kelly trusted his defense. The coach's faith was not rewarded.The latest Around The NFL Podcast . Find more Around The NFL content on .