***Week 16 GameDay Thread - Bengals @ Steelers***

[bengalrick]

(12-23-2023, 09:15 PM)jj22 Wrote: AFCN has Zac’s number. Focus of draft now has to be beating Balt, Cleveland, and Pitt. They have drafted to beat the bengals and their dominance this year has been clear. Bengals can’t compete within the division. Not even with Burrow.

Draft won’t fix this.  AFC North teams run the ball, and stop the run.  Taylor does not have that philosophy.  Pass, pass, pass.  He built the team for that.  Therefore; they will continue to be everyone else ***** in this division.

[*michaelsean*]

(12-23-2023, 09:16 PM)Timanky12 Wrote: They been playing prevent defense most of the game and we have nothing to show for it

Jake has over three hundred yards. That’s super important.

[fisherscatfan]

Tufele acting like he’s a badass in a total asskicking of a game because Rudolph fell down

[Billy_Bengal]

(12-23-2023, 09:19 PM)Rattler Wrote: Now one loss away from our third golden turd in franchise history.

1993 AFC Central
0-2 vs Titans
0-2 vs Steelers
0-2 vs Browns

2002 AFC North
0-2 vs Steelers
0-2 vs Browns
0-2 vs Ravens

2023 AFC North
0-2 vs Ravens
0-2 vs Browns*
0-2 vs Steelers

Keeping good company

[*michaelsean*]

(12-23-2023, 09:21 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: For their 3 turnovers and 2 turnovers on downs?

Yup.

[Fan_in_Kettering]

Zac Taylor has succeeded at making the Bengals highly competitive in the NFC West.

[*michaelsean*]

(12-23-2023, 09:23 PM)fisherscatfan Wrote: Tufele acting like he’s a badass in a total asskicking of a game because Rudolph fell down

I hate to yell scoreboard at our own players but….SCOREBOARD

[jfkbengals]

(12-23-2023, 09:22 PM)bengalrick Wrote: Draft won’t fix this.  AFC North teams run the ball, and stop the run.  Taylor does not have that philosophy.  Pass, pass, pass.  He built the team for that.  Therefore; they will continue to be everyone else ***** in this division.

That used to piss me off, but now that division games have been diluted to only 35% of the schedule it doesn't really matter.  You can do what the Raiders did a few years back and sweep the division and still not win it.  Meanwhile an 11 win team can be winless in their division.

[*michaelsean*]

(12-23-2023, 09:23 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Zac Taylor has succeeded at making the Bengals highly competitive in the NFC West.

Clinched it in like week 9.

[bengalrick]

(12-23-2023, 09:23 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Zac Taylor has succeeded at making the Bengals highly competitive in the NFC West.

Fluke.  Especially the niners game

[Rattler]

(12-23-2023, 09:23 PM)Billy_Bengal Wrote: Keeping good company

Yep worst two teams in franchise history...under the guidance of Mikey Boy...all three turds floating in his punch bowl.

[Timanky12]

(12-23-2023, 09:21 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: What real game?

Anyone else

[Goalpost]

another steeler fine coming

[bengals67]

(12-23-2023, 09:21 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: For their 3 turnovers and 2 turnovers on downs?

Yes because the defense put the team behind the eight ball. Totally pathetic Roget burned by one of the worst offenses in nfl. Completely owned

[jfkbengals]

Game can't end on a defensive penalty, soooooooooooo what was the penalty?

[R3stangs]

Utter embarrassment.

[*michaelsean*]

Rudolph actually had a lower completion percentage than Jake. Felt like he completed his first 50.

[Millhouse]

Oh thank god its over.

Merry Christmas everyone!

[Housh]

Lou’s scheme has some puzzling things


He rarely blitzes in a league where the defensive pass rushers are wholesale better than offensive lineman


He either doesn’t guard tight ends or running backs

He purposely leave some wide open all game


Last it seems as if our guys are coached not to have common sense. That Pickens deep ball on the sideline was evidence


No one else was near the defender why didn’t he just ride Pickens further down the field. He was handed off to the deep zone but only thing is the deep zone wasn’t there



Shit like that is poor IQ

[Fan_in_Kettering]

That was embarrassing. I can’t even…