12-29-2024, 11:20 AM
(12-29-2024, 11:11 AM)higgy100 Wrote: *****
We've seen Zak Taylor for years not manipulate the clock to his advantage at both end of halves and at end of games and we've also seen him waste timeouts that seem almost inevitable every game.
Believe it or not, high school teams even practice all clock situations and having the ball and having the ability to utilize the clock to your full advantage and either not give your opponent the ball back or with minimal seconds is practiced all the time whether it's at Midfield or down by the goal line and that's especially true when you have a very poorest defense and one that ranks almost at the bottom of the entire NFL.
After 55 years of watching Bengals' football, I can honestly say I am more pleased with Zac's clock management than his predecessors. I used to be tremendously frustrated with Marvin Lewis' clock management. For me, Zac's clock management has been a bright spot on the team. Yes, he makes mistakes. But I am more than pleased by his clock management, relative to what I have seen from his predecessors and some current coaches in the NFL.
there have been brilliant examples of doing well. Remember beating KC on a last-second FG? They could have kicked it much earlier and left time on the clock for Mahomes, but he went for it on 4th down (against seemingly everybody) because he knew it was critical that the ball be in Burrow's hands at the end, not Mahomes.
