***Week 6 GameDay Thread - Bengals @ Colts***

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(10-18-2020, 06:11 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Game wouldn't have been on the line if he didn't nail a 55 yarder earlier. Or if the Bengals offense didn't quit after getting an early lead. Or if the Bengals defense didn't allow 31 points. Or if Taylor doesn't call a stupid FB dive with a scrub RB. Or if Burrow doesn't throw an INT to seal the game.

It's also not like 48 yarders are gimme kicks.

My point is, I knew someone would be blaming Bullock for the L even though if we're assigning blame, he is WELL down the list. It's pretty much death, taxes, and blaming the kicker when the rest of the team fails.

But he didn't miss the 55 yarder earlier. That's the point. It's the 4th quarter with a chance to tie or win that's the problem. That's the definition of choke. When something is on the line, late. 

He's been money in the first 3 quarters...but then NFL games are 4 quarters long. 

I didn't blame him, just said that he contributed. If he had missed the 55 then hit the 48, that would actaully be clutch because he hit it when he needed to and it should have been expected that he'd miss a 55 yarder, as they're much lower percentage kicks.