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Not I. If it would have put them up by 8 or more, sure. But to leave them with their offense on the field and a chance to win it, with a 2x super bowl winning QB at the helm, seems foolhardy. Going for the 1st down is playing to win in that situation imho, no matter how it actually played out.
During the Lions - Packers game earlier this year, it drove me *absolutely nuts* when they had the ball and were in a similar situation, and it was assumed by *everyone* (correctly, I might add) that they would run for 3 plays and then punt it back to Aaron Rodgers with around 50 seconds left. I knew it, the commentators knew it, the opposing defense knew it, and somehow it was acceptable. Go figure, they run 3 plays, don't get the 1st down, punt it away, Aaron Rodgers does what a good QB will do and wins the game. I was absolutely livid they didn't aggressively go for the 1st down and put the game away, when that was all that was required for a win, even if it meant passing to get it. And it ended up costing them the game.
tl;dr: If Cincy gets the 1st down there, they win. I can't blame them at all for going for the win.
They would have won if they did it...sans their meltdown.
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I don't know.
He generally starts strong.
Let's say he wins October.
Winning October...I guess it matches the Halloween colors.