Bengals Safeties Getting Toasted

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(10-26-2018, 11:54 AM)ochocincos Wrote: I thought this was obvious. Teryl Austin even came out and said he took the gamble and it just didn't work out.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I recall, the Steelers were on the edge of FG range. Austin likely wanted to be aggressive to either get the sack to force the Steelers out of FG range or at least try to force an errant throw such that Boswell had to go for a 50+ yarder. He didn't want to give up like 5 yards to allow the Steelers a shorter FG because it likely would have resulted in the Steelers still taking the lead but less time on the clock for the Bengals to try to come back on a final drive. 

You're exactly right.  That was precisely the reasoning behind the call.  While watching the game, and being caught up in the moment, I was like....WTF?  After reading the presser, it made perfect sense to gamble the way he did.  Live by the sword, die by the sword, but it was the right call with time being an obvious factor.