03-22-2016, 05:36 PM
(03-22-2016, 02:50 PM)Beaker Wrote: If you want to play that game then we could say it certainly did hurt because Hill only got the ball on that last series because Gio was unavailable due to concussion protocol. lewis even said Gio wouldve been in there instead of Hill because he protects the ball better. So there would be no fumble, no personal foul penalties, and the Bengals playoff win draught would be over.
You're talking about something that happened an entire quarter later. Im talking about a something that happened immediately after the missed call and was the direct result of the missed call. It's quite possible that the fumble, or non fumble doesn't even matter if Ben stays in the game. We'll really never know.
But look at it this way....
Knowing nothing else about the game: score, time remaining, momentum, etc....would you trade a missed personal foul penalty if you knew that as a result the other teams starting quarterback who is one of the best in the league, would be lost for the next quarter of the game? Think about the advantage of knocking Tom Brady out of 25% of the game in the AFC Divisional round. Think about how that would impact the game.
And that's my point. As much as the Bengals were screwed by that missed call, the Steelers were screwed worse by losing Ben and losing any ability to match Cincinnati's surge in momentum.
Who knows if the outcome would have been any different. The fact is that missed call hurt Pittsburgh too. Worse than Cincinnati.
