01-20-2022, 08:11 PM
(01-20-2022, 07:34 PM)MikeJones561 Wrote: They bring it up because we had alot of injuries on the online. Lewan missed time, Davis missed time, Saffold missed time. Add injuries for multiple games with aj Julio and Henry all being out at the same time and yeah online sucked it big time. When healthy which we are now, the online plays up very well. I'm not sure if Bengals had injuries on online too or not I can't speak on that.
Arguments can be made for our defense. We ranked lower due to all the injuries. Yet we beat the bills chiefs and Rams. Who I'd argue were tough offenses like the Bengals. And we blew 2 of the 3. So it's tough to go by our season stats.
We typically play our best vs the best. This game is going to come down to.. do we start fast and play up too par. If so I like our chances. If we don't then the odds favors the Bengals upsetting us.
Good info, thanks Mike. We have had injuries to our OL as well, Reiff is out still so we have Isiaah Prince playing RT who is
an UDFA. I think what a lot of people don't understand about Burrow is he will be sacked more than about any QB just the
way he plays, he tries to make magic with his legs and holds onto the ball trying to get his Receivers open and sometimes
runs out of bounds behind the LOS instead of throwing the ball away, things like this.
We definitely need to improve on the OL more than any area but we aren't terrible anymore either. Jonah and Spain are
pretty damn good on the left side, not as good as Lewan and Saffold mind you but they are decent.
One thing about Burrow and our Offense is they normally start slow and learn the Defense and then pounce around the
2nd quarter. The Raiders game last Saturday we finally started fast with a TD on our first possession.
