I Don't Blame Hill

[Stonyhands]

(01-10-2016, 02:50 AM)AmeriknGrizzly Wrote: Ok pretty sure I'm gonna get a lot of flak for this but I don't blame Hill for this loss.

I rest full blame on whoever made the call for him to run on that play.  We had the lead and we had the positioning, all we had to do was kneel three times so Pit would burn timeouts and then kick the field goal to extend the lead.  After that you kickoff, they have no timeouts, and have to score a touchdown to win with only around a minute remaining.  Also after he stepped up after Gio was hit, c'mon he was a different player after that.  

I will concede that yes he should have held on to the ball but the ball should never have been put in his hands in the first place.

Nope.  In that situation you run it three times.  You get the first and the game is over.  But Hill has to run straight up the middle with both hands on the ball.  Instead he was very careless and that cost us the game.  This team is ***** cursed.  Everything aside the play that decided that game was that fumble.  

As a defense in that situation you are thinking you have to get a turnover to have a chance.  As an offensive player all you have to do is not turn it over and you most likely win the game.  Hill should be cut as this point as he single handedly lost this game on that play.  I've watched a million football games and I've literally never seen the RB fumble the ball on the first carry of a run the clock out win the game scenario.  Thanks Hill for ensuring Cincinnati is the biggest laughing stock of the NFL.  A feat most amazing for a team that lost only 4 games this year.  Plus you did so while giving a shitty Steelers a ticket to the next round.  Congrats, you are now a Bengals legend for all the wrong reasons. 

I also blame Marvin for this one.  How you get into this situation and not beat it into the head of your RB to not fumble is beyond me.