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Rich Gannon & Donovan McNabb.


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With seven seconds left in overtime, the Bengals called a timeout to prepare for the potential game-winning field goal to be kicked by Shayne Graham(notes). It was an easy decision for head coach Marvin Lewis: Since the clock was running, calling a timeout allowed Graham and the field goal team to take their time instead of having to rush the kick. Gannon, though, took exception.

Why, you ask? Did he think a miss would give the Browns too much time to run a hail mary? Was it his belief that the timeout could unintentionally lead to a self-infliced icing of Graham? Nope. Both those things would be somewhat reasonable (if still miguided.)

No, Gannon didn't like the timeout because he thought that if Graham hit the field goal it would leave too much time for dangerous Cleveland return man Joshua Cribbs(notes) to take back the subsequent kickoff for a touchdown. You know, that dreaded post-score overtime kickoff that has felled so many teams throughout history.

Rest...http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Rich-Gannon-doesn-t-know-how-NFL-overtimes-work-?urn=nfl,193869

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