They say that patience is key and timing is everything.
That especially holds true with football, where timing between and quarterback and his receivers makes the difference between success and failure – between winning and losing.
And, as anyone who has played the game will tell you, it just takes one person being off by one step to throw the whole operation out of whack.
“There definitely have been some execution issues,” Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton said after Sunday’s game.
So when you wonder why it took a while for Cincinnati’s offense to get going Sunday afternoon against the Arizona Cardinals, just take a look who was on the field for the hometown Bengals.