Crosby and Ngakoue context

[Joelist]

(01-13-2022, 01:43 PM)Graphicguy Wrote: Good lord...ya'll act like the Raiders' ends are the only guys playing this game.  

Plus, we all know how Joe B has become healthier and better as the season progressed.

Plus, our starters are rested.

Plus, we probably have the best 3 WR tandems in the league.

Plus, Joe Mixon, who scored 2 TDs and had 125 yards the last meeting.

Plus, Trey Hendrickson is a wrecking crew, too.

Plus, we're playing at home.

Mercy......I feel better about this game than I did the first one.

Yep. You have to remember that when we played the Raiders last time we had more differences than just pre-Reiff injury:

1) Burrow was still not really moving around and navigating the pocket and/or running. He has since gotten the rest of the way back to his pre-injury pocket elusiveness and mobility. 

2) The offense is using Chase more creatively now - he now lines up in different spots and sometimes is the slot and sometimes outside among other things. 

3) Burrow is starting to use outlet receivers and quick throws more when he just doesn't see the big play there. 

Remember the Raiders line has been seen before, and indeed this whole season for the Bengals has been a who's who of the top pass rushers in the league. Which leads to Burrow being unflappable. For pressure to really affect a QB they have to feel it and it needs to affect their game and their internal clock - so far Burrow shows neither effect which is a big reason he is torching defenses regardless of their pressure.