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Pederson was already beginning to second guess himself immediately after the game, but Monday morning, during his weekly appearance on the 94 WIP Morning Show, Pederson said that with 19 seconds left — on a 4th-and-12 from the Bengals’ 49-yard-line after Matt Pryor’s penalty — he should have given Carson Wentz and the offense a shot to pick up 12 yards and a first down instead of guaranteeing a tie by punting.
“You go from 4th-and-7 to 4th-and-12, it’s a tough thing,” Pederson said. “Looking back, you probably put it in your quarterback’s hands to win the game. Zach (Ertz) was having a decent second half and some of the guys, and you look back at it and you go, ‘Let’s trust those guys and put it in their hands.’ But 4th and 12, to overcome that, it’s got to take 11 guys doing the right thing.”
Pederson was already beginning to second guess himself immediately after the game, but Monday morning, during his weekly appearance on the 94 WIP Morning Show, Pederson said that with 19 seconds left — on a 4th-and-12 from the Bengals’ 49-yard-line after Matt Pryor’s penalty — he should have given Carson Wentz and the offense a shot to pick up 12 yards and a first down instead of guaranteeing a tie by punting.
“You go from 4th-and-7 to 4th-and-12, it’s a tough thing,” Pederson said. “Looking back, you probably put it in your quarterback’s hands to win the game. Zach (Ertz) was having a decent second half and some of the guys, and you look back at it and you go, ‘Let’s trust those guys and put it in their hands.’ But 4th and 12, to overcome that, it’s got to take 11 guys doing the right thing.”
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