01-14-2022, 03:42 PM
(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.
Just need our RT to play serviceable and we win this game running away as long as we don't turn the ball over.
The only advantage the Raiders have is Crosby against Prince. That is why we have to take note.
We ran the ball all over them the last time we played the Raiders as you note and it was on a shit field where Mixon was
slipping all over the place. Hendrickson and company also were pressuring Carr all game and hitting him from his blindside.
We just need to execute.
(01-13-2022, 05:10 PM)Joelist Wrote: 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.
Burrow is a different player right now no doubt and using Chase in the Slot is nearly impossible to stop.
Just keep up what we were doing in the Chiefs game except we need to run it more as we already shown we can run it on these
guys. Our field vs the Vegas field and us also being in a colder climate is a crazy advantage for us, take advantage of it.
