I kind of wonder if Fickell isn't protecting his qb there. I was reading his comments after the game, and he really gave a lot of big picture "trying to win" shade. They ran a tight end screen which they do well, but it does give the qb the option to run. My guess is if it wasn't open for the first down he was supposed to tuck it in and run to keep that clock moving, but chucked it downfield instead. Either way, that game was a toss up. They showed physically without their starting rb and their 2 stud def. backfield players they could compete. The critical turn seemed to be Cincy's starting tackle getting tossed for targeting. He was a big, big loss.