01-11-2016, 01:26 AM
(01-11-2016, 12:39 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I have seen a few people claim that we should have just pounded it right up the middle for an automatic two points, but I don't think it would have been that easy.
The Bengals had 24 running plays and only 8 of them went for more than 2 yards. A full third of them (8) went for zero gain or a loss of yardage.
This was one of the worst rushing performances I have seen in a long time by the Bengals.
Which is why, to me, Hill's fumble is that much worse.
I would have loved to see him run with the same authority and decisiveness that we saw after Gio went down. I mean, that TD run was impressive. Hell, even the run where he fumbled the ball was pretty nice, however, that was too little too late. If Hill ran that way the whole game, then we wouldn't have needed a 1st down there, the game would have been over a lot earlier with us the victors.
So, I can agree that through the whole game, we weren't running very well, but after Gio went down Hill kind of changed in his running. Who knows, maybe they stop him short, but he just seemed to be just the ticket to plow through on the 2 point conversion. Just straight up the middle, with all the big boys in front.
