11-02-2018, 08:03 PM
(11-02-2018, 05:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: We were still 34 yards from the end zone at the 2 minute warning. If we run 5 yards after the 2 minute warning and burn 45 seconds then we have 1:15 to go 29 yards. At that point we pretty much have to burn a time out on any play where we try to use the middle of the field or run the ball.
I don't know why you are all acting like we could just gain yards and score a TD whenever we wanted considering we had not scored a single point the entire second half. It is easy to make these decisions with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, but after watching the Bengals' offense get completely shut down for the entire second half it did not make a lot of sense to worry about "scoring too quickly".
Wrong... Wrong... Wrong... Wrong....
Wrong... Wrong.... Wrong .... Wrong...
We run for 5 yards, burn 45 seconds, then pass on 2nd down, the goal is for a 1st down and the whole field is in play.
IF the pass play failed what happens? That's right the clock stops. Now we are in 3rd and 5 with 1:07 left to go. We go pass again, if we fail, then we go pass again on 4th and 5. If we fail again, then we just lose, it happens. We would all be angry but we at least made the best decisions to WIN the game. We turn over on downs with under 1 min to go.
However, if we get a 1st down on that second down play then we have 24 yards to go and have just under 1 min after we snap the ball again. Notice how I said a pass play... if we fail, then the clock stops with just over 50 seconds. If we get a 1st down, then we have 14 yards to go and have about 40 seconds left. I would be fine with TO at this point, though it isn't needed. Run another play. If successful, then take a TO, we should still have 20 some odd seconds on the clock. Remember we can run a play with 1 second remaining and if we score, we still have to kick the XP no matter what.
Also, you have to think that maybe Tomlin calls one of his TOs as he knows that he NEEDs to get the ball back with time, so if he burns a TO, then we can use a run play to get the clock rolling again. If not, then we he gets the ball back with so little time that it doesn't matter that he has all 3.
I don't know how you can say that I have the benefit of 20/20 when there was a thread created stating that We Knew, that the Bengals would lose after the score. That isn't 20/20, that is knowing football. I even said the moment he scored that we would lose because there was too much time on the clock.
I was hoping for a TO, either on downs or otherwise, but I wasn't holding my breath for it.
Could we have gained yards on a run play? Who knows, we didn't even try to run the ball until the last play. However at this point in the game the best coaches eat the clock and aren't looking to score until the last possible moment. So a run play would have accomplished that.
