09-18-2024, 11:39 AM
(09-18-2024, 11:22 AM)Nepa Wrote: One thing to note: the game would not have been over had a penalty not been called on 4th and 16. There were 48 seconds left and the Chiefs still had all three of their timeouts at that time. Baring a Bengals 1st down, the Chiefs could have gotten the ball back with 40 seconds or so left. They only needed 13 seconds to drive into field goal range when they beat the Bills in the playoffs.
Of course it wasn't but I'll take my chances all day with the ball snapped on the chiefs 35, a minimum of another 10-15 seconds more taken off the clock ( 3-4 seconds run per each of 3 plays run by Cincy. especially running wide a couple times) , a real possibility they even run a 4th down play on 4th and very short to either convert or take even more seconds off, a FG attempt by an excellent hot kicker with a huge leg and lastly, although very unlikely, a punt to back KC inside the 10-12 yard line.
