01-10-2016, 05:01 PM
(01-10-2016, 04:57 PM)BritishBengal Wrote: That's a laughable way of looking at it. You attempt to make the first running. If that isn't successful then you kick the field goal. You don't play not to lose if the option of a win is 10 yards and 3 downs away, never. Why would you approach a situation thinking Hill will fumble. Anything can happen, a field goal isnt a cert. Always play to win and control your own destiny in the most direct way possible. This kneel thing has to stop, it's just silly.
Roethlistberger admitted after the game that he couldn't throw the ball very far downfield. They had to dink and dunk. They needed those timeouts.
What would have been a certainty would be the Steelers burning all 3 of their timeouts if the Bengals kneel on the ball. FG or not.
Strategy and odds and percentages have a place in coaching decisions just as much as "big balls" do.
