I've seen you lose several games like this because you refuse to attempt fieldgoals. I think your Kicker has kicked 3 fieldgoals in 3 seasons.
I get why you do it but when the sim is tight...bypassing those points can burn you. I counted 4 times you could have attempted a game winning fieldgoal....3 were 50+ yards but 2 of those were end of half/regulation were a miss wouldn't cost you but the big one to me was 4th & 4 from the Cincy 24 yard line (41 yard fieldgoal) and you punted with 2 minutes left in the half. You pinned them at the 6 and got the ball back and on 3nd and 2 from the Cincy 37 yard line with 4 seconds left in the half and you went for it instead of attempting an end of half long distant attempt.
2:55 left in the 3rd quarter and again you bypassed a 48 yard attempt from the Cincy 31 yard line and again punted on 4th down.
Finally, end of regulation and on 3rd and 3 from the Cincy 34 yard line...you bypassed a 51 yard fieldgaol attempt as time expired for the win.
Again...I get why you do what you do but it's that double edged sword where just 1 fieldgoal out of those 4 and it never goes to overtime...maybe a end of half/regulation rule for fieldgoals would help
Maybe revising your fieldgoal rules would prevent some of these close loses.