This team is unreal

[*SHRacerX*]

(10-25-2021, 11:38 PM)Tony Wrote: I'm surprised with what the D is doing right now over what  chase is doing... That's saying something.. I hoped they could be good, but being the only team to hold everyone they played under 25 at this point??. That's insane.. I never woulda thought..

Think about this:  As we hear about the Ravens having a lot of injuries (and we had none last year, right?), the Bengals are missing their potentially best outside speed rusher for the season (Ossai), and one of their highest paid FA has played a grand total of 1.9 games in two seasons.  

The ownership brought in a ton of FA corners to compete for the job and gave it to Apple.  He struggled early, but has found his stride and is playing very solid ball.  

Perhaps the most exciting thing about this defense is how it has stuffed the run of pitt and Baltimore.  Sure, Lamar got his yards, but no one else got anything and the steelers would rather throw 15 times to their RB than try to run against this defense.  

They build this defense to compete in the AFC North, and we have seen it two out of two times.  It is GLORIOUS!

To your original point, I was trying to picture them as a middle-of-the-road, bend-but-don't-break defense before the season.  Instead, they are a top 5 unit and kept the Bengals in games until the offense fully hit its stride.  Well, I think that moment is here and they now have a top 10 scoring defense AND offense.  

I thought the offense would be fun to watch, but I never imagined being the first team to sack Lamar five times.