I admit I was wrong and will eat my crow

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(01-03-2022, 12:48 PM)jason Wrote: Hell yes you go for it on 4th down right there. Zac has done it all year long, and it works out 63% of the time. I saw the look on Travis Kelce's face, and I wanted no part of him or Mahomes back on the field. Right call, it worked out, and we won. Sure... I sweated every second of that down near the goa line. When Mixon was struggling to make it, I thought I may burst my aorta.

Man, I felt the same way about Kelce and Mahommes. Apparently so did Cowher and Boomer. When you look at the big picture vs the microcosm of the situation....it was absolutely the right call. As you noted.... success on 4th down has been there for Cincy, and you don't want Mahommes to only need fifty or so yards to get into FG range with more than 15 seconds.... timeouts nor not. Then you have to consider the roll your offense has been on since Ja'Marr's fist TD and you gotta roll with the hot hand. People bitched about playing it safe and taking the ball out of Joe's hands against SF (and rightfully so most likely), now folks are bitching about being aggressive and putting the ball in Joey Franchise's hands. He said in his presser that we didn't come here to back into a division crown, we came here to take it. I've been lukewarm on Zac, and warmed up to him more this season, but I don't see how anyone doesn't like hearing your HC say that two years removed from 2-14. Iiked seeing the raw emotion from Zac, and saying eff it, we're going for it all, and we don't think we can be denied. I think he's won me over. No more insulting the intelligence of fans and media in pressers, he gives information he can, and he is motivated and got some gonads about him.

As for the aorta, I've been calm all year.... except for the epic beatdowns of Shitsburgh....may as well roll with the hot hand and stay calm.