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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I think they Tomlin'd it.

Tomlin was keeping Ben out of that game because he didn't think he needed him and that they could win without him. I think Reid was going to keep him out of the 2nd half until he needed him. Then he gets that long drive and 2nd score and things everything is fine.

By the time he realized he needed him, a dude that hasn't played in 2 years had been sitting on the sidelines for over an hour and there's just no way to reasonably get him back up to speed.

Hubris hit at a bad time. Best answer I can come up with.

I can see it happening that way.