{"id":128223,"date":"2024-11-21T00:53:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T17:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128223"},"modified":"2024-11-21T00:53:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T17:53:56","slug":"bengals-are-1-6-in-one-score-games-so-whos-on-the-hook-for-their-inability-to-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128223","title":{"rendered":"Bengals are 1-6 in one-score games. So who\u2019s on the hook for their inability to finish?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CINCINNATI \u2014 The answer from <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"ToHiDqo1AnUHYTWK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/jamarr-chase-ToHiDqo1AnUHYTWK\/\">Ja\u2019Marr Chase<\/a> caught the small gathering of media in the visitors locker room at SoFi Stadium by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>The question was merely the word that became the most uttered in the wake of <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"56\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/chargers\/\">Chargers<\/a> 34, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"37\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/bengals\/\">Bengals<\/a> 27: Finish. What does that mean and how does he finish better?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do I do it? I don\u2019t know,\u201d Chase said. \u201cAsk Zac (Taylor). Ask the coaches. Don\u2019t ask me. It\u2019s not my job. I play football on the field. I don\u2019t call plays for us. So I can\u2019t really do nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comment made waves as a potential shot at the head coach. More importantly, the statement cut to the root of all frustration and the 2024 Bengals story.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"embedPlayer\" style=\"border: 0px; border-radius: 12px; width: 100%; height: 175px; max-width: 660px;\" title=\"Media player\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/balds-dont-lie-one-score-blame-game-coaching-staff-future\/id1733476604?i=1000677504874&amp;itscg=30200&amp;itsct=podcast_box_player&amp;ls=1&amp;mttnsubad=1000677504874&amp;theme=auto\" width=\"100%\" height=\"175\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They can\u2019t finish. The Bengals are 1-6 in one-score games and even the one win barely counts by virtue of a last-second touchdown by <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"38\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/browns\/\">Cleveland<\/a>. In nearly every coin-flip situation this year, their heads came up tails.<\/p>\n<p>The .143 winning percentage in such games this season ranks tied for the 12th-worst in the last two decades. Tied for first on the list are the 2019 Bengals, Taylor\u2019s first season coaching the club.<\/p>\n<p>How much of losing close games is correlative year-over-year and how much is just the randomness of football?<\/p>\n<p>Or, as Chase posed in frustration Sunday night, how much falls squarely on the coaching staff?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think it absolutely turns to me and trying to find ways to continue to put us in the best positions possible,\u201d Taylor said Tuesday. \u201cI think we\u2019ve got a really good process that obviously has put us in a position in a lot of these games to be in a spot to win them. We just haven\u2019t won them. And, you know, there\u2019s not always this easy solution that\u2019s just going to hit us right in the face on how these things can change, but I 100 percent think I\u2019ve gotta uncover every stone. And as coaches, we\u2019ve gotta make sure our process is perfect to win some of the games that in the past we\u2019ve won.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5929016\/2024\/11\/18\/bengals-chargers-joe-burrow-frustration\/\" class=\"go-deeper\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"go-deeper\">\n<div class=\"go-deeper-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/18033252\/GettyImages-2184704216-1024x683.jpg?width=128&amp;height=128&amp;fit=cover&amp;auto=webp\" class=\"go-deeper\" alt=\"go-deeper\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-label\">GO DEEPER<\/p>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-title\">Bengals beaten down with frustration after Chargers deal another one-score loss<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s just it and where so much of the frustration emanates from the front office to the locker room. This isn\u2019t a team that has consistently fallen short in the closing minutes. Over the course of the previous three seasons, the Bengals rank 14th in the league in one-score games, going 14-12.<\/p>\n<p>Throw in the postseason and they were 4-2 in those games.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ath_table_870204\" class=\"tab-content relative\">\n<p>Bengals one-score games under Taylor<\/p>\n<div id=\"table-preview-870204\" class=\"table-responsive border-transparent-imp\">\n<table class=\"in-article table sortable border-transparent-imp in-article-striped in-article-no-column-border-right in-article-no-column-border-left\" style=\"max-width: none; margin: 0;\">\n<thead class=\"allcaps\">\n<tr>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\">\n<p>Year<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\">\n<p>Games<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\">\n<p>Record<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>0-8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>2-5-1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>13<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>7-6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>6-4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2023<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>5-4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>1-6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Yet, this year, the luck has disappeared. The most one-score losses in a season over the last 20 years is nine. If the season\u2019s final six games go like those to this point, that number could be in jeopardy. That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s an organizational epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis of results in one-score games from year to year shows the results aren\u2019t correlative. Not in Cincinnati, or anywhere. ESPN\u2019s Bill Barnwell wrote a thesis on this years ago and the yearly small sample sizes regularly disprove any idea that this issue can be predicted or repeated.<\/p>\n<p>Take, for example, the best and worst of the league over the previous three seasons then how they did in one-score games the next year. There\u2019s little to no rollover.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ath_table_817802\" class=\"tab-content relative\">\n<p>Best\/worst one-score game seasons<\/p>\n<div id=\"table-preview-817802\" class=\"table-responsive border-transparent-imp\">\n<table class=\"in-article table border-transparent-imp in-article-striped in-article-no-column-border-right in-article-no-column-border-left\" style=\"max-width: none; margin: 0;\">\n<thead class=\"allcaps\">\n<tr>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\"><span class=\"left\">Year<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\"><span class=\"left\">Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\"><span class=\"left\">Record<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\"><span class=\"left\">Next<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>6-0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>6-4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>11-0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>6-8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>7-1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>8-3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2023<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>9-2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>5-2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>7-2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>4-9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>7-2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>5-8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"ath_table_523044\" class=\"tab-content relative\">\n<p>Worst one-score game seasons (2021-23)<\/p>\n<div id=\"table-preview-523044\" class=\"table-responsive border-transparent-imp\">\n<table class=\"in-article table border-transparent-imp in-article-striped in-article-no-column-border-right in-article-no-column-border-left\" style=\"max-width: none; margin: 0;\">\n<thead class=\"allcaps\">\n<tr>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\"><span class=\"left\">Year<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\"><span class=\"left\">Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\"><span class=\"left\">Record<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"user-select-none relative nowrap-imp\"><span class=\"left\">Next<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>0-5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>6-3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>0-4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>3-6-1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>1-7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>2-6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>1-5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>4-9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>2-6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>3-5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span>2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"ia-hlt team relative\"\/>\n<td>\n<p><span>2-6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span>6-2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Mike Tomlin and the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"55\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/steelers\/\">Steelers<\/a> have been the exception to the rule, finishing with a winning record in one-score games for nine consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals were above .500 three years in a row and now can\u2019t buy a close victory.<\/p>\n<p>In losses to the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"49\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/patriots\/\">Patriots<\/a>, the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"46\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/chiefs\/\">Chiefs<\/a>, twice against the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"33\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/ravens\/\">Ravens<\/a> and finally against the Chargers, the offense has had an opportunity to post the game-winning score or run out the clock in the closing minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals failed each time.<\/p>\n<p>There was a three-and-out down six in the opener. Punting back to <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"WWwiw0IQD5ozgrHf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/patrick-mahomes-WWwiw0IQD5ozgrHf\/\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> with under two minutes left and leading in Kansas City. Failure to win in regulation or get closer on the missed field goal in overtime at home against Baltimore. There was the missed two-point conversion at Baltimore. Then against the Chargers, two throws on <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"MHPQIoyRCSO0fiiE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/joe-burrow-MHPQIoyRCSO0fiiE\/\">Joe Burrow<\/a>\u2019s mind postgame were a barely missed go ball to Chase with just over one minute remaining and a slant he threw behind him a drive earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t closed it,\u201d offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher said. \u201cThat\u2019s the reality. You can slice that 100 different ways. Trust me, I probably have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In assessing what changes can be made to fix the root of all frustration, Pitcher pointed out he fights the battle of emotion versus logic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe temptation is to say everything sucks and take a sledgehammer to it,\u201d he said. \u201cThat just isn\u2019t the case. Factually, it isn\u2019t. You can do more harm than good if you get so caught in the frustration of your current circumstances that you start to create problems that might not really exist. That is where you have to be calculated about your approach, be disciplined, try to put the emotion aside and go to work. Yeah, we feel like we could be in a way different place right now in all those different scenarios you outlined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inevitably, they\u2019d be in a different place if the defense didn\u2019t rank in the bottom quarter of the league in nearly every category or <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"gKUjYFLRfxeyODRq\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/evan-mcpherson-gKUjYFLRfxeyODRq\/\">Evan McPherson<\/a> made more kicks.<\/p>\n<p>The defense has allowed an average of 31 points in the one-score losses. There\u2019s no way around this debilitating weakness, whether the final minutes of a close game, on third down, in the red zone or opening half of a must-win game Sunday, they are nowhere near consistent enough.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals can almost handle that, though. They know the deficiencies they are battling there. It\u2019s when the perceived strengths disappear that the total frustration takes over.<\/p>\n<p>Enter McPherson.<\/p>\n<p>Since signing a three-year extension in August, his performance in close games has tanked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5929559\/2024\/11\/18\/nfl-kicker-struggles-justin-tucker-younghoe-koo\/\" class=\"go-deeper\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"go-deeper\">\n<div class=\"go-deeper-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/18103439\/GettyImages-2185278043-1024x683.jpg?width=128&amp;height=128&amp;fit=cover&amp;auto=webp\" class=\"go-deeper\" alt=\"go-deeper\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-label\">GO DEEPER<\/p>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-title\">Normally &#8216;automatic&#8217; kickers like Justin Tucker, Younghoe Koo are struggling in 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In one-score games alone this year, he\u2019s hit just 64.2 percent of his field goals and missed a PAT, leaving an average of 2.3 points per game on the board.<\/p>\n<p>The previous three years in one-score games (including playoffs), he hit 88.4 percent of his field goals and missed three PATs, leaving an average of 0.84 points per game on the board.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5934162\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5934162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/19215854\/USATSI_24789849-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/19215854\/USATSI_24789849-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/19215854\/USATSI_24789849-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/19215854\/USATSI_24789849-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/19215854\/USATSI_24789849-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/11\/19215854\/USATSI_24789849-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-credits\">\n<div class=\"inline-credits-container\">\n      <span class=\"table-cell-span\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"credits-text\">Evan McPherson reacts after missing a second go-ahead field goal attempt in the fourth quarter against the Chargers. 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