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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties
Ya'll were ready to nail Reid for challenging that 4th and 1, and then punting the game away, weren't you?
Both times, his faith in his players paid off.
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No doubt that punt was the right call. With how much the offense struggling there was no guarantee they would have converted it. Had they failed, Cincinnati would have been in a good position for a game winning FG. By punting they at least forced the Bengals to have to drive the length of the field to win. Imagine had he gone for it, we don’t convert and the Bengals took the rest of the game to kick a game winning FG. People would have blown their tops because he chose to go for it.