Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor confronted some criticism after he determined to go for 2 as a substitute of a possible game-tying additional level late within the fourth quarter of Thursday night time’s sport in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens.
His spouse, Sarah, caught wind of a number of the disparaging feedback that had been directed on the Bengals coach.
Sarah prompt that she was left dejected for herself and her household when quarterback Joe Burrow’s go to Tanner Hudson on the two-point try fell incomplete and secured the 35-34 win for the Ravens. Her disappointment stemmed from the fan response, which she believed would largely be damaging.
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Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor walks off the sector after the NFL sport at M&T Banks Stadium in Baltimore on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA Immediately Community by way of Imagn Pictures)
Sarah wrote concerning the “rage” she felt and shared some particulars about her husband’s rigorous work schedule within the week main as much as the sport.
“I’m in rage mode proper now and may delete Instagram,” she wrote in a put up to her Instagram Tales. “I simply need individuals to know the way onerous that is to look at. My husband went work on Monday at 5:15 am. Spent the night time on the stadium. Got here house Tuesday at 11pm. Left for Baltimore Wednesday and can get house at 4 am. Tomorrow. He’ll work all day tomorrow bc they’ve a sport Sunday.”
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Sarah then defended that sport plan that Taylor had put collectively for the sport, earlier than admitting that it was in her greatest curiosity to try to transfer on from the loss.
Nov. 7, 2024; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Cincinnati Bengals tight finish Tanner Hudson (87) can not attain a fourth-quarter two-point conversion try in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Financial institution Stadium. (Mitch Stringer-Imagn Pictures)
“My children have not seen him since Sunday. He had the right sport plan. Brooks was mad at me for watching the final play (with) my head beneath the covers and I stated I’m sorry individuals will say stuff to me in every single place I am going for the subsequent week and he stated ‘me too mother recover from it.’ I don’t know the way these coaches and gamers do it however the most effective factor I can do is transfer on like them.”
Three-time Professional Bowl broad receiver Ja’Marr Chase, who caught a five-yard landing go from Burrow to get the Bengals inside one level, voiced assist for Taylor’s aggressive method late within the sport.
“Hell yeah. I agree with it 100%,” the star broad receiver informed reporters concerning the coach’s choice to go for the win as a substitute of the tie within the remaining seconds of the sport. Chase completed the night time with 264 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor appears to be like on within the fourth quarter of the NFL sport in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Banks Stadium in Baltimore on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA Immediately Community by way of Imagn Pictures)
After the sport, Taylor made it clear the Bengals went to Baltimore “to win.”
“We anticipated to come back in right here to win, and we did the whole lot we may to do this. That does not change the truth that I am proud. I feel all people on that discipline fought, gave us an opportunity. [We] misplaced a sport on the street to a great workforce, and it is sickening that this has occurred twice to us. That is what it’s,” Taylor informed reporters.Â
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The loss to the Ravens dropped Cincinnati to 4-6. Baltimore improved to 7-3. The Bengals will journey to California subsequent week for a matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers.Â
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