If it was me...I just go into that play thinking what's the one way I can score a touchdown with the LEAST possible chance of turning the ball over.
I'll give it to Butler, he guessed his ass off...but he took the perfect angle and didn't hesitate in the slightest.
For the OC to say they were trying to burn time...no you wern't.
I don't care if you hand it off to the full back, do a bootleg, a jump ball to Mathews or why not a play-action pass that led to a guy being wide open by about 10 yards (or do the obvious even if the entire defense saw it coming).
Not a throw that easily could have been deflected or tipped (or worse).
It's just not playing the odds.