Found October 04, 2009 on Shutdown Corner:
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Rich Gannon and Donovan McNabb(notes) have a lot in common. Both played quarterback in a Super Bowl loss, each has lived in Philadelphia at some point in their lives and neither have any idea how the nFL's overtime rules work.One year after McNabb infamously expressed surprise that professional games could end deadlocked, Gannon, the former Raiders quarterback turned CBS analyst, made a similar slip-up at the end of the Cincinnati Bengals-Cleveland Browns game for which he was providing color commentary. 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 ...
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