Why Didn't We Give Hill The Ball At The 5??

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(11-03-2015, 08:26 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Fans always claim they are right when they second guess coaches.  Fact is that there is no guarantee we get score running the ball.  I am guessing that the defense set was what made the Bengals decide to throw the ball.  

If we had ran the ball into the teeth of a stacked box three times then some fans would be upset that we did not throw the ball.

The coaches don't know how a defense lines up when they call the play.

Put Hill behind a fullback and run it off tackle.  He's very hard to stop when you give him the ball deep going off tackle because a fullback picks up anybody that busts through the line and he can pick a path with the least amount of defenders.  

We could have run the ball twice on and passed on third down, or run the ball on first and play-action on second down, leaving the option to throw or run on third down.

It's a lot more crowded and harder to throw when you're that close to the goal line.