Zac Taylor explains why Samaje Perine was in for Joe Mixon

Bengals fans have re-lived so many moments from the Super Bowl. Some on account of how the game was called (*cough* Logan Wilson played that perfectly). Some on account of personnel (the o-line needed to give Joe Burrow just a split second longer to make the game-winning play on fourth down).

But one play that seems to have been entirely in the team’s control was the third-and-one run call that was (officially) stopped short. Coach Zac Taylor chose to give the ball to Samaje Perine on a day in which star running back Joe Mixon couldn’t be stopped. So why did he put the games in the hands of a backup?

Here’s what Taylor had to say:

“We were in 2-minute mode and Samaje has done a great job. His…