Mental Toughness wins in the Playoffs

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(01-18-2017, 02:24 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: The thing is...even when we had Zimmer and Gruden here...our team folded in the playoffs. Zimmers defense got destroyed in the playoff games he was here.

We had top notch OC's and still lost.

When did Zimmer's defense get destroyed? Defense was doing their job. Offense couldn't score for peanuts. One single touchdown per quarter was enough to win.

2011 - 1st half Bengals down 10-17, within reach; 2nd half Bengals offense gives big donut, Defense only allowed 1 TD per Q

2012 - Bengals down 7-9 into the half, score a FG in each Q after the half, Defense holds Texans to only 10 pts in the 2nd half

2013 - Bengals down 7-10 into the half, within reach; 2nd half Offense gives a big fat donut, Defense does its best to get the ball back to the offense and hold Chargers 17-10 within range and allows on a FG entering into the 4th to make it 20-10 (still within reach), from 14:16 down to 3:00 defense held Chargers scoreless. But by that time it's obvious the Bengals cannot score no matter what (after starting the 4th Q with an INT and two straight 3-and-outs), Zimmer told his guys not to kill themselves because offense ain't doing squat and enjoy the summer - and a garbage time TD is had by Chargers with 2:16 left.