As usual, neutral perspective from me as a Bengals fan -
My main takeaway is pretty genuine befuddlement that Harbaugh, who is a special teams oriented head coach by background, knowing precisely how tricky kicking in Pittsburgh is late in the year in the cold and especially when the winds are a factor, and who watched an outstanding kicker in Chris Boswell just not ten minutes prior push an extra point wide, looked at a 41-yard field goal attempt with 12 seconds and a timeout left and chose to lose three yards on a kneel down rather than try to get five or ten yards closer. He had a rookie kicker, every yard closer would have helped mentally at the least, and maybe helped with wind. In any event, clearly Loop didn't hit it right as it was a miss from the jump but holy hell that was not a great coaching decision to settle for a 44-yard attempt rather than try and shorten it given the timeout in hand.