I totally agree with this take on his pre-game conversation. It was goofy but McVay is sort of a goof ball but obviously a good coach. I wouldn't have thought the game was over if I'd seen that in real time.
One thing that I didn't love was after it became 13-3 when he talked about how they needed FG, on-side kick, TD and he had lots of "good stuff" for Goff. Now, I realize the game is basically over, and the odds of pulling it off are near zero, but still...start from the 25 at 1:12, holding to the 15 , 10 yard inbounds play to the 25 at 1:06, no spike, 24 yard inbounds play to the 49 at 0;45; no spike, incomplete pass at 0:25; 21 yard inbounds pass to the NE 30 at 0:21, now you are in FG range and you spike but only 0:09 left and even if you hit the FG the game is likely over by the time you recover an on-side kick.
It's just clock mismanagement. You need to get to the NE 30 ASAP, so you can only throw sideline passes or home runs. The 10-20 yard middle of the field stuff is death. It just amazes me every time I see this stuff. I mean, it's not McNabb with 46 seconds left, down by three, in the shadow of his own end zone, no timeouts, completing a one-yard pass but still...
I also wonder what people think about the 3rd and 22 backfield pass to Gurley with about 10 minutes left.