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That would have been better yes,but you shoudn't use your timeouts when your in the lead late in the game.

They stopped the Bucs from scoring most of the day,so they thought they could keep them out of the end

zone on their last series.If we were losing by 3 I could see them using their timeouts before the 2 minute

warning.

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Why risk it? No matter what they had 20 yards to go. The clock was not going to stop. Either they get the 1st down or touchdown or you stop them and they have no timeouts. I'm gonna puke.

:puke: No, don't puke.......awwwwww noooo.....clean up on aisle 5.....

Seriously, I think the clock management was very poor also. What happened on the play with TJ, was he even close to getting out of bounds? We wasted a TO there and Palmer needed one after the sack.

1-10-CIN 28(:30) (Shotgun) 9-C.Palmer pass deep left to 84-T.Houshmandzadeh to CIN 47 for 19 yards (23-J.Phillips).

Timeout #1 by CIN at 00:22.

1-10-CIN 47(:22) (Shotgun) 9-C.Palmer pass incomplete to 85-C.Johnson. pressure by Rice

2-10-CIN 47(:18) 9-C.Palmer sacked at CIN 39 for -8 yards (96-E.Wyms).

Timeout #2 by CIN at 00:13.

3-18-CIN 39(:13) (Shotgun) 9-C.Palmer pass deep middle to 84-T.Houshmandzadeh to TB 44 for 17 yards (20-R.Barber).

Timeout #3 by CIN at 00:06.

4-1-TB 44(:06) 17-S.Graham 62 yard field goal is No Good, Short, Center-48-B.St. Louis, Holder-19-K.Larson.

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Not only did I highly question the need to kick a 62 yd FG with 6 seconds left, that you could've at least tried to get 10-15 yards in an out pattern situation, out of bounds, with a couple ticks left...but the Enquirer and Lance McAlister's blog also points out this confusing part of things:

Enquirer

Lewis' game management down the stretch also came into question in the postgame news conference. He had three timeouts remaining but didn't use any of them on defense. He said he didn't want to give Gradkowski time in a huddle.

"Plus," Lewis said, "I believe at the time we're going to stop them, frankly, as well."

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I don't get it.....Marvin didn't want Gradkowski to huddle....yet Marvin allowed Tampa Bay to take their time and let Gradkowski think about things anyway?

1st and 10 at Bengals 25, after the TB completion, 39-seconds ran off the clock.....from 2:39 to the 2:00 warning.

2nd and 10 at Bengals 15, after the TB completion, 36-seconds ran off the clock...from 1:46 to 1:10.

So Marvin was worried about TB huddling, but he let them think about things and run off 1:15?????????????????

How would that extra 1:15 look in Carson's hands at the end?????????

Instead, they had 3 timeouts and :30

posted by lance1530homer at 12:34 PM

Just another case of questionable coaching by the Bengals' staff yesterday. I'm glad he has so much confidence in this defense as well - yesterday he had WAY too much - I sure don't have that much in a 2 minute drill.

The last offensive series was the most pathetic set of called plays and execution I've seen since he's been here as well. Just gut wrenchingly annoying.

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With the Tampa 2, and in case noone noticed, they were not letting anyone catch the ball on the sideline to get out of bounds. Timeouts were critical to get into field position that we did. The sack killed us more than the clock.

I agree with Marvin on not calling a TO to give Grad and Grude a chance to huddle, settle down a rook and organize the offense.

Problem was not the D on 4th and 3 or the clock management, it was throughout the game and systemic.

We NEVER should have even been in that situation to BEGIN WITH! :angry:

So what happened, happened. They won, we lost.

:bengal:

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I do believe he was trying to make Tampa Bay at least consider the clock and retain his timeouts. At the time, I think it's hard to say that the need for more time AFTER a touchdown would be scored would be a concern. It's certainly possible that TB may have run another play or so and then, they themselves may have been squeezed for time and had to hurry the play or two that ended-up losing the game for them. Out of all of the issues arising from this game (offensive play calling, individual performances, refs), I have to admit that I think that picking-up on the fact that there were only 35 seconds left after the TB touchdown is pretty far down on the list.

That and to think you can always run a 10-15 yard out successfully in 6 seconds seems absurd. Such a play could've easily run the clock out on its own and then he would be an idiot for even stupider clock management. Let's face it -- with 6 seconds the only other real alternative was the "hail mary." I don't agree with your arguments here.

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Marvin's reasoning for not calling the timeout was stupid, but his logic is there. Why do you call a timeout for them? Why do you assume your defense is just going to give up a touchdown? All of this is a moot point if the defense just stops them. It's as simple as that, the defense should have sacked up and stopped them on that from getting that score.

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Marvin's reasoning for not calling the timeout was stupid, but his logic is there. Why do you call a timeout for them? Why do you assume your defense is just going to give up a touchdown? All of this is a moot point if the defense just stops them. It's as simple as that, the defense should have sacked up and stopped them on that from getting that score.

If you want to be logical you have to save the time as insurance in case TB scores a TD

thats logical

Heres how you think of it

4 ways things can come out

Call timeouts and TB doesn't score, your offense now runs the clock off and you win

Call timeouts and TB Scores, you now have 1:00+ to try to get a FG to tie and eventually win

Don't call timeouts and you stop them and win

Don't call timouts and they score and you lose because you now have no time left

Marvin choked

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Marvin's reasoning for not calling the timeout was stupid, but his logic is there. Why do you call a timeout for them? Why do you assume your defense is just going to give up a touchdown? All of this is a moot point if the defense just stops them. It's as simple as that, the defense should have sacked up and stopped them on that from getting that score.

If you want to be logical you have to save the time as insurance in case TB scores a TD

thats logical

Heres how you think of it

4 ways things can come out

Call timeouts and TB doesn't score, your offense now runs the clock off and you win

Call timeouts and TB Scores, you now have 1:00+ to try to get a FG to tie and eventually win

Don't call timeouts and you stop them and win

Don't call timouts and they score and you lose because you now have no time left

Marvin choked

This assumes you know exactly when the Bucs are going to score. Who's to say how much time would be left when they scored, and how many time outs do you use, 1, 2, or 3. I am sure the Bucs were going to try and score and leave the Bengals with virtually no time.

If the Bucs score a TD with 1 minute left and the Bengals had used all of their timeouts. Then today we are complaining because time runs out and the Bengals had no time outs to get into scoring position.

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This assumes you know exactly when the Bucs are going to score. Who's to say how much time would be left when they scored, and how many time outs do you use, 1, 2, or 3. I am sure the Bucs were going to try and score and leave the Bengals with virtually no time.

If the Bucs score a TD with 1 minute left and the Bengals had used all of their timeouts. Then today we are complaining because time runs out and the Bengals had no time outs to get into scoring position.

Its easier to move the ball downfield with a minute and no timeouts than 35 seconds and 3 time outs

you can stop the clock without timeouts but you can't add time to the clock with timeouts

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