Reid is a terrible chess player

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Originally Posted by davewan

It's instructive that not a single reply has refuted a thing I wrote, but at best suggested that Reid is above criticism.

They made the goal line stand, of course with the penalty bullshit... it wasn't until they got the automatic first down that it was suddenly a bad decision.

The thing about the strategy is the Bengals knew they couldn't screw around and give Mahomes the ball back only up by 3, and IMO that's what made it so interesting, and not a completely black and white they HAVE to ___.

If you hold them to a FG, :50 to Mahomes is all day to get in FG range... and I would expect the Bengals to score on 1st or 2nd down in that situation anyway.

It took a very specific set of circumstances with offsetting holding calls and an illegal hands to the face on 4th down to make the choice "wrong", much less extrapolate it out to the entirety of Reid's career.