Dumb Decisions: The STUPIDEST OVERTIME PUNT EVER | Steelers @ Bengals (2022)

[@Flamquill]

This was definitely a dumb de-- Hackett: "Hold my Gatorade."

[@mfdixon1985]

"The 2022 season started off with an absolutely bad dumb decision that will be very hard to top." I'm imagining Nathaniel Hackett watched this video just before MNF and took that challenge to heart.

[@mgjmiller1995]

He's made a video on that one too 😂 I'm overjoyed

[@nasetvideos]

I absolutely saw this one coming. I watched the game, saw the "dumb decision" and knew right away you'd have to address this one in a video. Great job!

[@nicholassmith479]

I missed that one. I was too busy going apesh*t over the leaking Bengal offensive line.

[@dustinsindledecker154]

How would you know unless you are jaguar.

[@dustinsindledecker154]

As a Steelers fan I wanna thank the Bengals for giving us that victory that is nice of you guys.

[@deanjo57790]

It's only fair, since we took the ball away 5 times, but needed overtime to win the game.

[@brentvance3958]

As a Bengals fan, you’re not welcome. Lol

[@cpnmisfit]

No problem, lol

[@fromthehaven94]

You did give up the last touchdown in regulation 🤷

[@Tiger_Woo_dds]

bengals be Bungling 😶

[@nowionlywantatriumph]

And you didn’t even mention the Holy Roller rule coming into effect at 5:12!

[@clydemiller4776]

Nathaniel Hackett watched this video this morning and took the wrong lesson from it

[@conordonnelly4290]

Another Dumb Decision was made by the holder at 4:29 He barely pulled down a high snap. It was third down and he didn't have enough time to put the ball down properly, leading to a miss. The smart thing to do would've been to fall on the football and retry to the field goal attempt on fourth down.

[@gothard5]

exactly. kevin huber is a damned good punter though. maybe have Brandon Allen do the holding instead or maybe the other punter on the practice squad, Drue Chrisman. I don’t know.

[@efinden]

Hindsight is 20/20. He had a split decision to make that decision. That’s like a kid running out in the middle of the road. Whatever instinct you have it’s going to either hit the brakes or swerve out of the way. His instinct was to spot the ball.

[@efinden]

He also would have lost 7 yards

[@Swanntanamobay]

@@efinden yeah but unless you’re on the 45 (or have a shite kicked) that doesn’t matter

[@TheTimcollins043]

Clark Harris was hurt so they had to go with a back up long snapper. And a in game back up long snapper is not very good. So I don’t blame Kevin Huber because the next kick could have and would have been missed. The long snapper is the most under appreciated position. There just aren’t back ups in a game because all a long snapper does is snap and a coach isn’t suiting up 2 of those and having 2 on the 53 man roster. I’m a Steelers fan and we lost a game when our snapper got hurt and the back up James Harrison snapped it way over Mitch Berger’s head.

[@stevenmiller175]

Nathaniel Hackett would like a word.

[@MrInterVention149]

I agree with you here. I would have taken the intentional delay of game to punt the ball with much less time.

[@OsmosisMiller]

I thought you were going with the Texans punt in overtime. But this is just as good. Also congrats on the collaboration with 5pointsvids

[@KWCline91]

As bad as the Texans’ one was, it would’ve been worst if they went for it and didn’t make it. Colts had momentum and they would’ve won the game. Not saying I agreed with it because a tie is like a loss, but better to tie than take an L sometimes.

[@dentonyoung4314]

I knew this would make Dumb Decisions. I said at the time, "why did they not let the clock run all the way down and take the delay of game"? Those extra 14 seconds were just enough for them to lose.

[@cpnmisfit]

We had to. We lost our long snapper which affected the decision.

[@CTubeMan]

On the sack before the punt Ian Eagle was going all crazy because the Bengals recovered the fumble and returned it to the 34. I knew immediately the ball wasn’t going to be spotted at the 34, though I thought it would be spotted where Burrow lost it at the 45 as opposed to where the running back recovered it at the 50.

[@nowionlywantatriumph]

that’s the Holy Roller rule for you

[@SteelerFanInRI]

I thought that would make more sense too, but spotting it where the last offensive player touched it makes sense, since you can't just whistle a live fumble dead without someone picking it up; the RB touching it reestablished that the offense would maintain possession.

[@jasonfire3434]

Well after MNF tonight you might have to do another Dumb Decisions on Nathaniel Hackett’s clock management

[@mrmoose6619]

Pro of this decision: You get covered by the best Football KZbinr the next Morning. Con of this decision: WELCOME TO DUMB DECISIONS

[@Pensfan5919]

Those 15 seconds allowed Boswell to get the winning kick away. Poor clock management from whoever's last affects the outcome the most.

[@thecrazynodak]

Can't wait to see your video of Nathaniel Hackett choosing a 64-yard FG attempt over giving the ball to your HOF QB on 4th-and-5! Looking forward to it!

[@martino5742]

"welcome to dumb decisions" after showing how dumb the decision ended up being is such a great moment every time. Its like the opening credits rolling midway thru the movie like in Good Time. Everything set up so well, then the formal intro, then the scathing explanation. Good work, looking forward to more dumb decisions this season

[@a.grimes4202]

There’s a couple of interesting parallels to Detroit Lions games from the last couple of years: • In Week 7 on October 25, 2020, the Atlanta Falcons failed to not score a touchdown with little enough time left as to not allow the Lions a chance to come back, scoring with around 1 minute left (notice that the Bengals gave Pittsburgh roughly 1 minute in OT in Sunday’s game) because of a stupid run where the runner failed to get down before it was too late. This led to Matthew Stafford throwing a TD on the last play of the game to tie it up at 22-22, before Matt Prater made the P.A.T. to give the Lions a 23-22 victory. • In a much simpler example, in their Week 10 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on October 14, 2021, they and the Lions were also deep into OT with a tie being a possibility -- albeit the tie actually happened.

[@SgvSth]

To be fair, the runner did try to stop in the Week 7 example. The defense just did a good job lulling the runner into having too much speed and not enough space to stop in time.

[@phoradio1277]

Lessons learned from JG9: 1) Technically I'm an NFL Free Agent 2) There's been a lot of games that my QB Rating has been better than the starter. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mrmoose6619]

3) You and I are smarter than one of the 32 supposed smartest football minds...

[@jasonfischer8946]

Yes, yes, yes. As soon as they snapped the ball, I said, "Pittsburgh is probably going to win the game now." 13 or 14 extra seconds is inexcusable.

[@dustinsindledecker154]

Yep don't give us extra time.

[@Michael-sb8jf]

If mahomes can lead an offense to fg range in 12 seconds granted with 3 timeouts. An average qb is expected to do that with the time the Bengals gave the Steelers

[@EdBurke37]

Send this punt to John Bois and watch him get so angry he vibrates into a neighbouring dimension

[@richardsiemion5903]

NFL Redzone is the best invention in the history of Sports. However, even with that …. I didn’t see this. Thank you. You are a machine

[@dustinsindledecker154]

Well they didn't kick the field on the red zone so of course they wouldn't show it.

[@richardsiemion5903]

@@dustinsindledecker154 you are correct sir.

[@chucksmoko5348]

There was a close to as bad of a decision earlier by the Steelers near the end of regulation time with a 6 pt. Lead. They were under two minutes and just need to chew up some time. The Steelers threw a short incomplete pass and it stopped the clock. That’s 25 seconds right there. Boswell’s missed FG in OT flew weird too. Like a wounded bird.

[@patrickhutchison6465]

It's funny, because living in South Florida I had just the opposite problem. The 1:00 game shown was dolphins Patriots. But when it was over, it switched to Steelers versus Bengals for the entire overtime.

[@SEOFF7]

Jaguar Gator is a polite Urinating Tree, change my mind.

[@ravenheaven2425]

I had a feeling you were gonna make a dumb decision video on this game. I like the dumb decisions series.

[@altfactor]

Instead of "Fantastic Finishes", Alcoa should sponsor "Dumb Decisions", and hire you as a consultant as to what stupid plays they would feature.

[@tomsmith5584]

The "sack" was even worse. Burrows actually fumbled the ball and it was recovered by a teammate. Since it was a fumble with less than two minutes to go, it could only be advanced by the fumbling player. If an offensive player recovers the fumble, it is dead at either the spot of the fumble or where it was recovered, whichever is further back. This is the "holy roller" rule.

[@bretclaar1663]

I think this is a dumb rule. If you risk a fumble to get yards I’m all for it

[@fromthehaven94]

This was worse than the punt.

[@alanpeel1981]

The ghost of Sam Wyche who didn't take the intentional safety against the 49ers in 1987.

[@darenstroud6254]

Hell, I would have taken a delay of game and taken that extra second off the clock.

[@abnerstall2389]

You are correct. And as a bonus attempt a coffin corner kick.... a lost art in today's NFL.

[@tigermachine6471]

Yes

[@anthony0358]

Back in the day when all the late afternoon games started at 4pm this was even more common.

[@ChasetheG]

My station (WINK) played PIT @ CIN after NE @ MIA and played PIT @ CIN until the game ended!!

[@CTubeMan]

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about a similar decision made by the St Louis Cardinals in a 1971 Monday Night game against the Chargers.

[@chuckhallscorpionking8766]

I was at that game and Boswell's game winner was right in front of me. Being a Steelers fan, I couldn't have been more happy to see the Bengals punt and give Pittsburgh the much time left.

[@dangeiger9796]

There was a play in the Bears game you could make a video about. The Bears got called for a penalty that I don’t think anyone has seen before

[@leogetz3570]

Holy shit... I just typed that!!! "Illegally trying to dry a wet field with a towel" I literally fell over laughing when I saw that!!

[@dustinsindledecker154]

Well at least the bears didn't forget to bring a towel.

[@xZOOMORPHICx]

next day dumb decision video is rare, usually it's the dumbest thing some guy did a hundred years ago

[@CTubeMan]

13:43!

[@blacksheep25251]

Well... that was FAST!!! I had to triple check the date going "I just watched this... wait.." Another great Video! Thank you!

[@gbalph4]

Was frustrated, had the cutoff for the Chargers. Can’t believe the Bengals had it and still failed.

[@willdiesel8431]

Neither team had it. And this is coming from a Steelers' fan.

[@knelsud92]

I got to see this game because DirecTV had the free preview week of Sunday Ticket, plus they're giving it to me free for the third consecutive season. I randomly picked this one in the fourth quarter because it was moving the fastest of all the 1 PM kicks. This game didn't exactly seem "on the level" so to speak. The Bengals did almost everything to try to give the Steelers the game. The officials did almost everything to try to give the Bengals the game. Each 1 PM kick except for the Ravens - Jets and Dolphins - Pats ended up being a one possession game in the last 5 minutes even if the games were seemingly over prior to that. I have to question some things when all of that happens. As for the punt itself. The Steelers could have declined the DOG, but the clock still would have run down. Honestly, I think the long snapper situation was such a distraction, nobody even thought of taking the DOG there. The Bengals were in OT because the long snapper couldn't execute an extra point snap, and then botched the snap even worse on the 29 -yard FG attempt.

[@dustinsindledecker154]

I guess direct tv is desperate for subscribers now.

[@Fencellisk]

The non quick pass play was bad. I was thinking delay of game to give punter more room.

[@Gopitt100]

This dumb decision only added to the craziness of this game. I lost years off my life. Love the B Dub reference

[@knelsud92]

And if they made a commercial featuring this game, they'd show "Bengals fans" cheering the blocked extra point.

[@donaldpaluga]

Hopefully Buffalo Wild Wings sends him a gift card

[@SuperGamerB]

while yes that was incredibly stupid, it can be argued that with 8 seconds left that 40 second clock hit 0 before the steelers snapped the ball, which backs them up 5 making the field goal a 60 yarder.

[@emersonarriety]

As ridiculous as it sounds, delay of game is subjective. If the referee doesn't notice it on time it's not delay of game. The ref first looks at the play clock and then at the snap and if the snap is already happening then it isn't delay of game.

[@josephanderson6829]

If Bengals win the pass on 2nd down by yhe Steelers would have qualified as dumb decision. Gave Bengals more time and saved them a time out.

[@jaywmeinen]

I was hollering at the TV! I KNEW you’d address this in a video!

[@andrewgrove1691]

The Bengals had a backup tight end as their long snapper

[@dondajulah4168]

Just take the delay of game penalty takes out the timing precision element

[@tim314]

I live in Arizona and a Steelers fan. I know the feeling.

[@dustinsindledecker154]

And what is that feeling?

[@tim314]

@@dustinsindledecker154 I didn't see the ending of the game. They cut to the Cardinals game.

[@drunkreapermatt]

jon bois should do the surrender index for this punt

[@sharkbaite3836]

Bengals gone want this one back 🤦🏽‍♂️ 🎉😂

[@mikeveroni]

Great video as always. Was a wild game , myself as a former defensive player..I was baffled as the why they didn't take the clock down to 0..and I'm canadian.....

[@Davehhhh]

Zac Taylor isn't good with clock mgmt or in games where it's close toward the end. He's gotten bailed out last season by his talented team.

[@PastingKing]

Zac Taylor is simply put not a good coach who lucked his way into a Superbowl because of the generational talent that feel into his lap. Now Bengals fans are stuck with this guy for the next ten seasons.

[@Dave-fs5uu]

You hit the nail on the head, taking the delay of game made way more sense then rushing and giving Pittsburg more time. They did the one thing that could cost them the game and it did.

[@zigwald]

the long snapper couldnt throw to himself much less huber. why give pitt the ball on the 50?

[@thomascrowley9122]

Should've of just taken the delay of the game for it. Then punt after that

[@bryanpiggs313]

As a lifelong Cincinnati resident and Bengals fan, inept clock management is a prerequisite for all head coaches. Sam Wyche started the trend with his famous last second debacle against the Niners in 1987.

[@jharp08]

Marvin Lewis was pretty solid at least at that

[@thekingbarrelmaker7642]

Official JaguarGator9, you need to break down the hideously bad coaching by Nathaniel Hackett at the end of the Broncos-Seahawks MNF game. You need to rip this guy for: Trusting a kicker to make a nearly improbable field goal instead of the star QB (that the organization paid a premium for in the offseason) to convert a makeable 4th and 5. Letting the clock run down and then calling a timeout with 1 second left on the play clock. STILL deciding to kick the field goal after his kicker missed the first 64-yard attempt badly. Dude should've been fired on his way back to the locker room. I know that's an overreaction, but his coaching during this final sequence (and the entire game) reached Hue Jackson/Urban Meyer/Adam Gase levels of ineptitude.

[@jasonfire3434]

And calling a timeout after they had already turned the ball over on downs 😂

[@efinden]

There was some bad coaching in this game. They never challenged the chase touchdown that wasn’t called. I even thought it was a touchdown when he went out of bounds. They later confirmed it was a touchdown.

[@AJ11OH-IO]

Great point on taking the flag. Any punter has basically the same odds of kicking it inside the 10 at that spot or a touchback happening

[@Higherdisk]

The script writers are off to a wild start this season.

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

This punt scores 361 on Jon Boises "Punt Surrender Index", making it the 4th saddest punt in the 21st century, according to the video "The search for the saddest punt." Well done, Bungles. You got on the list twice!

[@cameronrose9902]

remember the long snapper was hurt, this was a back up snapper and he messed up, I would be worried they would block another kick he was snapping slow and high.

[@RhinoXpress]

Not only that but many coaches would have taken the delay of game penalty to give their punter a better shot at not kicking it in the endzone, which would have further ran down the clock.

[@dangeiger9796]

I was able to see the end because I was watching in Chicago, the Bears were an early game on FOX that ended before this one

[@JPS47]

This video could sum up the entire week 1. Lot's of poor coaching decisions.

[@dustinsindledecker154]

And alot of missed kicks

[@linkboy321]

Yep. Did you see the ending of the Broncos/Seahawks game tonight. So stupid.

[@JPS47]

@@linkboy321 I did just now. WTF?

[@linkboy321]

@JPS I watched it in real-time and was dumbfounded. Someone needs to tell Hackett that Denver's altitude doesn't travel with them.

[@JPS47]

@@linkboy321 that almost gave me SB25 flashbacks with the poor clock management. Yikes!

[@amazingkook143]

I saw this game in full. This was a super drunk game.

[@gothard5]

never ever play for a tie. i’d rather lose than take the tie. I don’t have any issues with that punt. my biggest issue was missing a PAT and FG because of an emergency backup long snapper.

[@patrickstogsdill74]

Should ahve have did a QB sneak in that situation

[@Kastil]

I live in PA but in the region they have the Ravens as the "home" team. As a Steelers fan, I hate it. However, they switched to the Steelers game so I got to watch the Bungles bungle!

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

When I heard about this my first thought was "God I hope JG9 makes a video on this"

[@leogetz3570]

Well, the Colts also made all kinds of dumb decisions yesterday even after overcoming a 17 point deficit and escaped with a tie. Ill take a tie over a loss but it seemed like week 1 had quite a few dumb decisions. Anyone else see the Bears penalty for "illegally trying to dry a wet field with a towel" which knocked them out of FG range?

[@stevenbauer4799]

'you are from ny. you're in ala fkn bama. you killed a good old boy. there is no way this is not going to trial'. leo getz things done.

[@LostLakeTribune]

A rule that never existed before

[@leogetz3570]

@@LostLakeTribune yeah I gotta wonder about that. Perhaps a variation on "the snowplow" rule

[@leogetz3570]

@@stevenbauer4799 lol

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@leogetz3570 i'm glad you enjoy it. lotsa boring fks on this page too seriously invested in themselves and their so-called football 'knowledge'..

[@jojochas5]

I’d be interested to hear the rationale for the 3rd down call. I wonder if the thought was to try and avoid a field goal altogether due to the long snapper injury.

[@Damuthafuccka]

The dumb decision wasn't the punt, it was snapping the ball with :25 seconds in overtime with about minute left

[@dustinsindledecker154]

Jaguar never said the punt was dumb.

[@Damuthafuccka]

@@dustinsindledecker154 U r absolutely right, he said it was the stupidest punt ever

[@jharp08]

They weren’t going to try anymore field goals b/c the back up long snapper botched two snaps. Hence why they didn’t run it on third and four

[@johnsanko4136]

I know the Bengals had a new long snapper and coach saod thry wanted to make sure it went well. But in this case it'd be better to just run the clock all the way down, make the steelers deny a delay of game penalty just to completely eat the clock.

[@curtisharvey5579]

Ironically, my local game 1pm game (pats / phins) ended and instead of switching over to the start of the 4pm game, i watched the OT period of this game lol

[@dennisjones5073]

I'm disappointed with the broncos decision to get the kicker on the field outside the field goal range.

[@PastingKing]

That punt was an absolute Zac Taylor moment

[@jonathangunt8107]

There was actually a 3rd option, which I would have taken: let the play clock run out and take a delay of game, then punt 5 yds back. Max time off the clock, and less likely to punt it into the endzone like they ended up doing

[@ingiford175]

And the other side cant time the rush/pressure since you took the penalty and can kick any time in the next play after the penalty. If you kick it at the last second, the other team can jump and try to disrupt with good timing.

[@CZECHMATE650]

As a STEELERS fan I was saying "HOLY SH*T!! they're punting!?? " without a delay of game or running the clock down? I had forgotten they reset the clock for delay penalties (I think)

[@altfactor]

I'm surprised this wasn't the Sunday night game, as I thought that not only does the defending Super Bowl champion host the first game of the following season, but the Super Bowl runner-up would host the first Sunday night game of the following season.

[@ShyOne1995]

Look, I think Pittsburgh and Cincinnati looked awful in this game…. Cincinnati showed some of the worst ball protection and QB protection I’ve ever seen, Pittsburgh just fell apart, the fact that they even let Cincinnati get back is insulting in its own right. It also doesn’t help that Pittsburgh lost two key players to injuries, Najee Harris and TJ Watt (Watt potentially having a very serious injury.) No one deserved to win this game!

[@tigermachine6471]

As the ball sailed through the uprights, I respectfully disagree 🤣 it sure did look like neither team wanted to win this one at times!!!!

[@morganspector5161]

Must say one thing: with the passage of time NFL coaches still have no idea what to do with the ball inside the 3-yard line. Look at what the Packers did: swing pass, swing pass, dive into the middle, miss the field goal

[@theawesomer8587]

Watched the game yesterday, I already knew what tomorrow's video was gonna be about.

[@Dannypuck]

Bob Menery: Holy f--king s--t, Peter. He blew the f00king kick.

[@mikejones-we9eo]

I absolutely love when people on here berate coaches and players for what they do, knowing that they themselves are NOT coaches and players.

[@davidmendenhall5826]

When I was watching this live, I said they should've taken the delay of game penalty before punting to take every second possible off the clock

[@MarkyBillsonIV]

Thought this at the time of occurrence yesterday as well. I think this decision was even stupider than Mike Tomlin calling for a pass on second down with less than 2 minutes left when he had to run out the clock. At least you could say there "well, risky, but if successful they might get the first down and win the game." Shades of Sam Wyche clock management! Or, as Dick Hoak might say, "Wicky Wacky Does It Again!"

[@SteelerFanInRI]

Is Tomlin in charge of calling the plays on offense, or is that Matt Canada's job? Just wanna be sure we're blaming the right person, because that was truly an awful decision that wound up almost costing them the game; why would you do anything that risks stopping the clock when your defense is gassed and you're in a one-score game?

[@dustinsindledecker154]

Who hired Matt canada?it was tomlin

[@MarkyBillsonIV]

@@SteelerFanInRI Tomlin would always have the right of refusal. Think of Canada as a catcher and Tomlin as a pitcher. Though there should be some trust, if the catcher is asking for a breaking ball on a 3-0 count the pitcher is likely going to shake him off. And asking for a pass in that situation is somewhat akin to asking for curve on a 3-0 count!

[@SteelerFanInRI]

@@dustinsindledecker154 ...but ultimately, Canada made the call; lmao the mental error doesn't get magically transferred to someone else just because they hired them.

[@SteelerFanInRI]

@@MarkyBillsonIV ...so it was Canada's call then; the question is who made the call, and Tomlin putting trust in Canada to run the offense, as is his job, doesn't somehow make Canada's decision Tomlin's. The square of the blame is on the person who ultimately came up with the idea, and that's Matt Canada; Tomlin is a secondary player in this scenario so to blame him before anyone else is strange imo.

[@reluctantfrench8161]

As a Steelers fan I'm upset you didn't show Mitch's play to Freiermuth.

[@peterskrobola8753]

The backup long snapper was bad:

[@AJ11OH-IO]

Were they trying to get a 3 and out quickly? Did they even have 2 or 3 TOs remaining? I still agree just wondering

[@rongamble8930]

Holy Quick Turnaround, Batman!

[@jab2057]

The "Delay of Game" was the way to go in my opinion.

[@coreyrowe4119]

I have a feeling Nathaniel Hackett sending out McManus to kick a 64 yard field goal rather than trusting Russ to convert a 4th and 5 with a minute and multiple timeouts left is gonna end up on a dumbest field goal/coaching decision video pretty soon!

[@milesconerly5818]

Lovey Smith 2022: that sounds like a good idea

[@NaturalOneNation]

That was a dumb decision for sure but the Broncos watched that game and said “hold my beer.” when they played the Seahawks tonight/last night and topped that dumb decision.

[@bigdaddyj452]

Well our long snapper was out and the guy who replaced him was awful. That's why we missed those field goals to.

[@stevegroh8529]

Why wasn't a TD called when Chase caught the ball in the End Zone?

[@ulyguitarist]

If anyone wants to know why the fumble recovery was 4th down. Well it’s offensive. Also the rule states that if the player fumble on 4th down or

[@stevegroh8529]

What is the reason that there wasn't a Safety when Hubbard had the Steelers QB "in the grasp" in the End Zone? If a second Bengal had hit the QB at that point, he would have been flagged for UR....

[@Nick-ek3nt]

I went to this game, it was truly a rolar coaster of emotions as a bengals fan

[@brianarbenz1329]

Why am I not surprised it was by the Bengals? The franchise that could have hired Bill Walsh, but passed over him to hire Forrest Gregg.