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The Bengals have gone 5 straight games now without a 4th quarter TD, and only 1 in the last 8 games.
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I don't know about you but I was not feeling too comfortable when the Browns had is 2nd and 7 at our 11 at the start of the 4th and only up 20-7. I still thought we would win but that it was a little too close to take your foot of the gas. We have all seen strange things happen to this team. Interesting that we still had a 87% win probability according to ESPN at that point.
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If you're interested in running the score up needlessly just watch Ohio State games when they play clearly inferior teams, 66-3, etc.. I've never been a fan of that type of play and it can and often does put players in risk of needless injuries. Beyond that it can also lead to some bad blood down the road with players and coaches wanting to seek revenge with overly zealous hits and all kinds of ugliness. It can really come back to bite a team in the ass.
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I think some of our perceived lack of stepping on throats is the fact that we're not a great team at making halftime adjustments.
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(12-12-2016, 11:40 AM)bengals67 Wrote: we have seen ,many times that it is the wrong strategy when we have leads against playoff level teams.
No we have not.
What game have we lost because Marvin was too conservative with a big lead?
I specifically remember Marvin costing the Bengals a win against Tampa Bay in '10 because he was TOO AGGRESSIVE with a 7 point lead and less than 2 minutes left, but I can not remember us losing a game because Marvin was too conservative with a lead.
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(12-12-2016, 01:05 PM)OrlandoBengal Wrote: I was watching and ESPN 30 for 30 and saw a quote from Jimmy Johnson where he said that you never let off the gas because teams can go on a run and put up 20 points in a quarter. I thought "yeah, that's just not the Bengals way".
There were 12 teams in the NFL that ran the ball more with a lead in the second half than the Bengals last year.
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The Bengals haven't played an entire four quarters in about a year and a half. People are noticing it this year because they're losing so much (and we all know why).
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I was happy when we went up 20-0, but I wish they could've scored a bit more and then pull Andy. Cleveland had 4 sacks, so I'm so glad Dalton wasn't hurt. We need him in one piece for next year.
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