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The punt... - spazz70 - 12-23-2019
I was watching the game and when Huber shanked that punt I was like...."Was that on purpose?" That basically gave the game to Miami at that point and gave me a bit of relief... I mean, honestly, a punt is the easiest play to "cover up" as not being an obvious on purpose play to dump. Huber was bombing 55-65 yard punts all day and at this one moment he shanks a 30 yarder? Was just my reaction when it happened.
RE: The punt... - Ctfan73 - 12-23-2019
(12-23-2019, 10:52 AM)spazz70 Wrote: I was watching the game and when Huber shanked that punt I was like...."Was that on purpose?" That basically gave the game to Miami at that point and gave me a bit of relief... I mean, honestly, a punt is the easiest play to "cover up" as not being an obvious on purpose play to dump. Huber was bombing 55-65 yard punts all day and at this one moment he shanks a 30 yarder? Was just my reaction when it happened.
If they were going to throw the game wouldn’t it have been easier to not score 16 points in the last 28 seconds? It appears to me that they were trying to win.
RE: The punt... - Essex Johnson - 12-23-2019
the Punt was a bad punt pretty simple....
RE: The punt... - I_C_DeadPeople - 12-23-2019
Typical Bengal move - some player always chokes under pressure - bad punt or a fumble or something.
RE: The punt... - grampahol - 12-25-2019
As much as I thought they were tanking most of the season the players themselves stand little if anything to gain by playing terrible especially in a contract season. While management may want them to tank individual players stand nothing to gain from it unless they're established stars who can easily sign elsewhere or otherwise have no reason to believe their jobs are on the line.
RE: The punt... - jason - 12-26-2019
(12-25-2019, 04:35 PM)grampahol Wrote: As much as I thought they were tanking most of the season the players themselves stand little if anything to gain by playing terrible especially in a contract season. While management may want them to tank individual players stand nothing to gain from it unless they're established stars who can easily sign elsewhere or otherwise have no reason to believe their jobs are on the line.
Players don't tank. Tanking is systemic. It comes from up above. If you're not trying on a football field, you're gonna get blown up, and maimed. Dumping all of your good players, and not putting your best players out there (let's see what we have in Finley was close though) is tanking. A shitty punt is not tanking.
RE: The punt... - Kingslayer - 12-26-2019
Would have been easier to not score 16 in the last 30 seconds
RE: The punt... - jason - 12-26-2019
(12-26-2019, 12:49 AM)Kingslayer Wrote: Would have been easier to not score 16 in the last 30 seconds
The fact that they basically average 16 points a game makes it really funny...
RE: The punt... - Bengalitis - 12-26-2019
Inferior teams always find a way to lose. That's the way they differentiate themselves.
RE: The punt... - XenoMorph - 12-27-2019
(12-26-2019, 12:49 AM)Kingslayer Wrote: Would have been easier to not score 16 in the last 30 seconds
but not nearly as entertaining.
RE: The punt... - Sled21 - 12-28-2019
Maybe Andy was playing for his life, and Huber was playing for Burrow....
RE: The punt... - grampahol - 12-28-2019
I'm going to go ahead and blame it on lousy Sunday morning coffee for Huber..