How it works

Each day everyone gets the same real late-game NFL drive: the real teams, score, clock, timeouts and field position from the 2023–2025 seasons. You take over the offense with under 2:30 left in the fourth quarter.

Your decisions

• Play call: inside or outside run, screen, quick game, sideline outs, short middle, intermediate, deep shot, Hail Mary, field goal, punt or kneel.
• Clock: when the clock is running, choose no-huddle, huddle up, spike it or call timeout.
• After a touchdown: kick the PAT or go for two, then kick deep or try an onside kick.

Real plays, not dice

When you call a play, the result is a real NFL play of that type drawn from a similar spot on the field and a similar distance to go, with late-game snaps preferred. Completions, incompletions, sacks, interceptions, fumbles and out-of-bounds all come from what actually happened in NFL games. Field goal odds come from real kicks at that distance.

The daily drive is seeded, so everyone who makes the same calls gets the same luck.

How every call is graded

Before the result is revealed, the game estimates your win probability after every option you could have chosen, averaging dozens of real outcomes for each. Your call is compared with the best option:

A good call that didn't work out is still a good call. Your Drill Score (0–100) summarizes how much win probability your decisions left on the table.

You vs. the real coach

We grade the real head coach's play calls on the real drive the same way, so you can see whether you out-coached him. We also show what actually happened.

When the other team has the ball

If time is left after you score or turn it over, the opponent drives with a computer coach that always picks its best option, and it uses timeouts when it's behind.

The data

Situations, play outcomes and the win-probability model are built from public NFL play-by-play data published by nflverse (CC BY-SA 4.0). The model is a simplified estimate, good for comparing choices, not a betting tool.