This made me want to puke.

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(01-12-2016, 04:18 PM)bengals73 Wrote: Why torment yourself - The game shouldn't have come down to 1 fumble at the end of the game. Where was the offense for the first three quarters? 

But that's almost irrelevant.  This is coach speak, words said to not single out individual players.  They were shut out for three quarters.  But they took the lead late in the fourth.  That's what gets people remembered.

How many people remember what Joe Montana did for over three quarters of SB XXIII?  Some, but probably not many.  But they'll never forget the last drive.  That's how it works.  Guys who make plays at the end get remembered for that and guys who screw up get remembered for that.

Every game ever played has screw ups and missed opportunities.  Those first three quarters give you or don't give you the opportunity to get the win at the end.  Plays made at the end can overcome any mistakes made throughout and mistakes made at the end will cancel out all the good plays that came before.  It's just how it is.