Something very strange happened, my team went 2 points down with a few seconds left and being 35 yards away, instead of kicking, they decided to continue playing and obviously I didn't get the TD and I lost. in roster only, you can't change that right? Why is this happening? Bad offensive coordinator?

On a normal team, it's:

My Team -> Gameplanning -> Misc.

and set the slider for Max FG Distance (End of Half). It will kick from about 17.5 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. So in your example, a setting of 53 yards or more should kick.

For roster only, that setting is controlled by the AI - supposedly based on the abilities of your Kicker. I don't think the OC has any effect.

The coaching decisions in Rosters Only leagues can drive you insane. And the default game plans are so bad. That's the tradeoff for the convenience of not having to gameplan.

My god!! so I am going to have to suffer these things again at some other time. Sad to know

Thats a bug. In the logic the coach decides if they can lower the opportunity for the opponent to score again. .....draining the clock. Being a roster league those misc. Settings are the same for all users or it is tied the head coach? Like tarq suggested.

They should have kicked it...he had the leg power but maybe it tied to the kickers experience or something as other roster league kickers kicked longer FGs?

But at first glance the low score at the time of the kick opportunity probably is the main driver for the coach calling another play that wasn't a kick. Even if it were a 14-16 score I bet they would kick it. My point is this s a bug or pretty rare.

The roster leagues should be able to adjust those settings but they can't. The game play adjuster, hurry up , slow down and even the fatigue rates. You could avoid conservative play calling or in this case extremely conservative play calling