The elephant in the room

[Roland]

(02-07-2022, 09:32 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: The Rams defense that I saw against the Cardinals was downright scary.  Murray is incredibly mobile and he got destroyed.  No time to throw, seemingly blitzing every down.   Cards had no answer.   That is the game that gives me the most concern.  I know Joe can read a defense faster, but the Bengals HAVE to have a quick checkdown or one-on-one deep shot answer in these situations.  I hope the Bengals are the aggressor and come out firing and use the run later to sustain drives once the Rams are worried so much about the pass that they are pulling their safeties back. 

Yeah, that Cardinals game was frightening.  But the Cardinals had no downfield threats.  There was nobody on that team that was a threat to make explosive plays.  So they were free to load the box and put relentless pressure on Murray. 

If we can keep the down and distances manageable to keep them honest I think we'll be ok.  Someone is going to come open or a make a run after the catch.