What about this? It's a running play.
You put in your best blockers... and include someone who knows how to hold on to the ball and who is hard to take down - maybe Dillon, maybe Seymour.
You snap the ball and the play looks normal. If pressure is on the kicker the runner, say Dillon, sprints back to the kicker and gets a rugby style lateral or handoff and runs as if he's going to run a reverse, when he gets to the sideline, or starts getting pressure, he goes the other way and so, everyone on the team is back and helping to block while staying out of the guys way...
At some point, the runner can turn and run- in the wrong direction into the endzone we are defending (Right in the middle of the endzone would be best).
He waits for the D to come to him and fights to stay on his feet for as long as possible.
If you can't burn 15 seconds this way, you take the safety and have a kickoff to the opponent with only 2-3 seconds left, i.e. they HAVE to score on the return (You kick a grounder to one of their non returners), This to me is better than punting, which would give the opponent a return and 1 or possibly two plays.
I would think the element of surprise could be huge-- imagine the gunners coming downfield full speed and you think he is going to try to avoid you, but instead he turns right into you at the last second... it would be fun to watch.
I wonder whether - with practice - this maneuver could reliably take 20-25 seconds off the clock and could thus work in this same situation but with 22-27 seconds left to play.
