Fourth and a long one with minutes to go in OT in Cincinnati

[tiger7_88]

Kicks the FG.

 

That seems to be a turning point in time... a crux, as it were... that pushed this team on a downhill path.

[JccOldTime23]

Rivera lacked confidence his team. Now his team lacks confidence in him. Go Hornets!

[Fox007]

Yea I'm pretty sure the team is fed up with Rivera and his non wanting to win ways.

[CPcavedweller]

There is still no guarantee we score a TD given we convert. If we don't get the fourth down we are 3-6 for sure.

[tondi]

You could just as easily point to when we fugged over Hardy as the point we suddenly became a horrible football team. Since he went on the exempt list we are 1-5-1 with the only win being a gift from da Bears.

[Zaximus]

There is still no guarantee we score a TD given we convert. If we don't get the fourth down we are 3-6 for sure.

 

But there are a 99% chance of Bengals marching on us to get their own field goal or TD.  It happened all-game since the first quarter.  Anyone could see that, except Rivera.  The defense doesn't get BETTER in OT than it was in the 1st quarter magically.  You do not kick the FG there.  We just got lucky they missed theirs.

[jamos14]

I doubt it would change anything, even if we won that game.

 

We've had 5 losses, 4 of them were blowouts.  We are as inconsistent as they come.

 

 

[DanTheMan]

Yea I'm pretty sure the team is fed up with Rivera and his non wanting to win ways.

Name one coach that has not had the Play not to lose mentality?

[Fox007]

Name one coach that has not had the Play not to lose mentality?

 

Maybe you missed the game or don't watch football in general but in last nights game alone Payton went for it on 4th down while his team had the lead and they converted a TD instead of settling for a FG.

 

So Payton is one.

 

Belichick is another obvious one with a long history of it:

 

http://nypost.com/2009/11/16/patriots-gamble-leads-to-victory-for-colts/ **didn't pay off**

http://www.nepatriotslife.com/2013/10/belichicks-fourth-down-gamble-pays-off.html  **paid off**

 

But yea watch more football and you'll see I have other obvious ones but you can figure it out.

[*FreeFua*]

Knowing our schedule ahead and wins were obviously going to be limited it made playing for a tie in Cincy even more of a piss off

[hdevonxz]

Our red zone offense holds us back every time.

 

"Following that 1999 NFC Championship Game, Shula was fired as offensive coordinator after the Bucs finished no higher than 22nd in total offense during his tenure."

" Mike Shula was hired as head coach at Alabama in May 2003..... The season was marked by close losses and fourth quarter collapses. In games decided by one score or less, Alabama was 0–6 on the season"

" The Tide struggled the rest of the year, as the offense could not consistently move the ball once inside the red zone"

Does any of this sound familiar? ??

2011 offense was ranked #7

2012 offense was ranked #12

Era of Shula

2013 offense was ranked #26

2014 offense so far is ranked #26 again. ...