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Originally Posted by temper11
Treading lightly here... but... if Bowe points his toe, we win. Does this argument then change? Everything else stays the same, the pass, the placement the "4th down - game on the line" situation, everything the same, except Bowe points his toe. If that happened then we are saying he did WIN it right? We would be saying that he can "put the team on his back and carry it"... even after all the injuries, the complete meltdown of the D, etc. that he can carry the team and win it?
Seems strange that Bowe's toe has that much power to change the entire conversation?
Note here, I'm not blaming Bowe for the loss. Just pointing out that if he points the toe, we are talking about Smith in a different way. Seems strange that the isolated action of one could alter the conversation of another.
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First of all, in what world was the pass to Bowe a scoring play?
The Chiefs were down by 1 point and facing a 4th and 11. Bowe stepped out at the 19 yard line.
The game wasn't "won" if Bowe makes that catch. It certainly COULD have been won but it wasn't "won" until somebody scored.
Second, everybody is conveniently forgetting what setup that play. Alex Smith was penalized for intentional grounding on 2 and 7 and then on 3rd and 17, dumped it off to McCluster for 6 yards.
For the record, I don't blame Bowe OR Smith. The defender made an excellent play against the boundary.