We've seen Zak Taylor for years not manipulate the clock to his advantage at both end of halves and at end of games and we've also seen him waste timeouts that seem almost inevitable every game.
Believe it or not, high school teams even practice all clock situations and having the ball and having the ability to utilize the clock to your full advantage and either not give your opponent the ball back or with minimal seconds is practiced all the time whether it's at Midfield or down by the goal line and that's especially true when you have a very poorest defense and one that ranks almost at the bottom of the entire NFL.
After 55 years of watching Bengals' football, I can honestly say I am more pleased with Zac's clock management than his predecessors. I used to be tremendously frustrated with Marvin Lewis' clock management. For me, Zac's clock management has been a bright spot on the team. Yes, he makes mistakes. But I am more than pleased by his clock management, relative to what I have seen from his predecessors and some current coaches in the NFL.
there have been brilliant examples of doing well. Remember beating KC on a last-second FG? They could have kicked it much earlier and left time on the clock for Mahomes, but he went for it on 4th down (against seemingly everybody) because he knew it was critical that the ball be in Burrow's hands at the end, not Mahomes.
(12-29-2024, 11:12 AM)Nepa Wrote: The head coach game planned Brown's injury? How? Brown's injury is on Brown, not the coach. Brown's job was to get closer and then get down. 999 out of 1000 players could do that without getting injured. Then the Bengals could score after running time off the clock. And no point in kneel downs just to put the game in Cade York's hands. We saw in the 4th quarter how dependable Cade York can be. A 33-yarder is the same as an extra point kick, and he missed his second kick from that spot in 4 games.
Brown should have never touched the ball.
Three kneel downs and kick a FG with about 7-10 seconds left.
And York's miss came in OT by inches from 33 yards. This would have been from 22-25 yards in the 4th.
(12-29-2024, 11:20 AM)Nepa Wrote: After 55 years of watching Bengals' football, I can honestly say I am more pleased with Zac's clock management than his predecessors. I used to be tremendously frustrated with Marvin Lewis' clock management. For me, Zac's clock management has been a bright spot on the team. Yes, he makes mistakes. But I am more than pleased by his clock management, relative to what I have seen from his predecessors and some current coaches in the NFL.
there have been brilliant examples of doing well. Remember beating KC on a last-second FG? They could have kicked it much earlier and left time on the clock for Mahomes, but he went for it on 4th down (against seemingly everybody) because he knew it was critical that the ball be in Burrow's hands at the end, not Mahomes.
They brilliantly couldn't score from the one on four straight tries . . . thanks to two 4th down penalties on KC, one was offsetting penalties when Mixon was stopped at the one for no gain on a pass and the other was an incompletion to Boyd. Burrow injured his knee on the last 4th down play, had to be helped off of the field and Brandon Allen was the QB for the kneel down and the spiking of the ball. Seems that our HC has a short memory like some of our fellow fans.
I'm not the only one that thinks that Zac screwed this up.
(12-29-2024, 09:36 AM)BoomerFan Wrote: I don't usually do this but I took a look at some other teams subreddits. NGL, I enjoyed what I saw:
r/DenverBroncos
"Why does it feel like beating a second string KC team next week is FAR from a sure thing"
"It is (far from a sure thing). KC hates the Broncos."
"Not only that, Carson Wentz is going to try his ass off, he is playing for a contract"
"I honestly don't think we do it. There will be too much pressure and they'll be in their own heads."
"I can just see Andy Reid playing his starters in spite and Patches going in there and throwing for 400 on a bum ankle"
"There is no chance Reid would rather see the Bengals in the playoffs than the Broncos."
r/KansasCityChiefs
Thread title "End their season next week, king" with a picture of Carson Wentz
"Best part is, if he balls out and looks rehabilitated we get to get picks in return. Maybe even a really good one."
"I think (and hope) he balls out, big time."
"Idk man.. I’m scared of the bengals sneaking in there. I hate the broncos but I’d rather play them than the bengals"
"Bengals still gotta beat the Steelers AND have the Colts and Dolphins both lose at least one game."
"Hate to say it but that seems reasonable"
"There’s only two QBs that have beaten the chiefs with Mahomes. One of them is some broadcaster and the other is Burrow. We could literally just choose not to let Burrow into the playoffs."
Oh wow. I thought people were full of themselves when they said KC is scared of us but THEY SCARED OF US
While nothing can make us "win and in" next week losses by the Colts and Dolphins WOULD really simplify things. It would then be "win and Denver loses". Low odds but hey this whole thing is low odds!
(12-29-2024, 12:30 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Brown should have never touched the ball.
Three kneel downs and kick a FG with about 7-10 seconds left.
And York's miss came in OT by inches from 33 yards. This would have been from 22-25 yards in the 4th.
They would have 30 to 35 seconds what i read, still 3 to 4 possible plays to move 35 to 40 yards. We debate what is better being up 7 with under 2 minutes or under 3 with 30 to 35.
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