I think it was very intentional. I called it when the O came onto the field. I told my buddy it wasn't even going to be run, run, pass, punt but rather run, run run, punt. We can all look back and say, dang the conservative play calling worked, but that is so very hard to swallow as it's happening.
Except for that TD pass to Kroft. The best part of that, to me, is that it came right after Collinsworth said that the 3rd down call was going to be pretty conservative. LOL