The Last Offensive Play Of The Game Was A TERRIBLE Call

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(11-23-2015, 10:03 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: If it worked, we'd be calling it genius.

Even still, I have always been told the Pylon is part of the end zone.

So getting one foot down and one standing on the pylon, to me, is a touchdown; at least, based on the rules that the NFL has been purportedly following for the past few years.

I find it odd that those rules changed when it comes to the Bengals winning.

That said, I agree that running with Gio would have been the better play call. He would have gotten the first down, you can then call a few pass plays, run the clock down and, if you didn't score the TD, kick the field goal and go into overtime with zeros on the clock.

But hindsight is 20/20, as they say.

I don't mind losing this game. I think the Cardinals are an extremely good team and they showed it last night. We'll rebound against the Rams and, most importantly, our 1pm games are back!

No more staying up until midnight on Thursdays, Mondays and Sundays!

By the time we kick off on Sunday, the 29th, it will have been 28 days since our last 1pm game.

I'm looking forward to getting back to my old Sunday routine of watching the game with my dad and brother and then hanging out until 8pm before going home for the night with my wife.

I hated having these primetime games ruining my plans for the week and they are finally, at long last, over.

I'm actually extremely excited for next week.

Agree with this.  Cardinals came out with adjustments and kicked our butts in the 3rd quarter.  But we hung in there in the 4th.  Give them credit, they got themselves back in the game and almost won it.

My big concerns were: the penalties, the slow response to their adjustments, questionable offensive calls (the OP is right) and the fact that we really did not get back into the game till their defense lost some key players (Peterson, Campbell and Rucker).  

My biggest concern is if we can learn from our mistakes and grow - this year

Stopping the stupid penalties (taunting, hits out of bounds, false starts, etc.);  cheating up in a system that depends on everyone just doing their job (Iloka);  stupid play calls   and better blitz pickups.

We've got the talent.  We just need to polish up the product.  But if they sit on their hands and go status quo they're done.