11-23-2015, 02:37 PM
(11-23-2015, 11:53 AM)OrlandoBengal Wrote: Honestly, the referees did not cost the Bengals the game. The Bengals played a very good team, in their stadium, and it came down to the last play of the game. Even the call on Peko, which was most likely legit, did not really matter because it still would have been a very makeable field goal. Much of the second half was played without Dennard, Shawn Williams, and even Nelson was out for periods. They had Josh Shaw and Deron Smith playing against one of the most prolific passing attacks in the NFL.
Hindsight says that you run the ball, but giving your all world wide receiver a chance to make a play against their backup corner (Peterson was on the sidelines) does not seem like a terrible option either... they just left Palmer too much time on the clock with the depleted secondary.
Unless I'm mistaken, if there wasn't a penalty on Peko then there would have been a false start by Arizona. The false start would have created a 10 second runoff and the game would have gone to overtime. I think that is how it works.
