09-20-2021, 02:41 PM
(09-20-2021, 08:51 AM)C0de_M0nkey Wrote: There was one positive take away from the debacle in Chicago. The new personnel came to play defense this year. As of right now the Bengals have the 6th ranked defense in the NFL. While we could sink to 7 if Green Bay shuts the Lions down, we’ll still have a top 10 defense going into week 3.
Sunday afternoon we face a bottom 10 offense in Pittsburgh. With that said, it’s still the Steelers. They’ll be out for blood over the embarrassing loss that led to a downward spiral last year. Still, Big Ben isn’t what he used to be. This is an opportunity for this defense to establish itself as a top unit in the NFL. Will the Bengals defense maintain its top ten status, or was it just fortunate to have Dalton tweak his ankle?
We will see, but I am loving what I am seeing and this is after Burrow and Higgins putting our Defense in terrible situations
against the Bears. Those were some great stops the D made, on 4th and one and in the Red Zone.
Our DL can stop the run and get after the passer so far. Our LB's are playing instinctive and tackling well. Besides Apple our
Secondary has been playing well, a play here and there has been given up but that happens with every Defense.
If our Offense can stop turning the ball over we can beat anybody if the OL can open up holes for Mixon and company and
protect Burrow. Our RB's need to get better at picking up the blitz though, this is my main concern at this point.
