09-12-2022, 09:58 AM
(09-12-2022, 09:19 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: No one wants to hear this in a full-on venting session, but here are some truths that everyone needs to remember:
Last year, Buffalo got beat badly by pitt at home in week 1 and still was seconds away from the AFC Title game.
Also last year, week 1 showed Aaron Rogers threw for 133 yards and two INTs, but still went on to win the MVP.
With that fresh in mind, maybe we could cut Joe Burrow a little slack for being indecisive and off timing knowing that he went essentially a month without going all out in the key part off camp, due to the ruptured appendix. I am not as worried about the offensive line. They ran blocked pretty well, but Joe held on to the ball way too long in pass plays.
Losing Tee Higgins early (cheap shot assholes) doesn't help either Mike Thomas showed why we all wanted someone like Pryor or Lassiter. As much as Perine proved his veteran worth (saved Burrow on one pass block big time), Thomas is just not very reliable as a route runner.
Despite all this, they STILL should have won. Three different times, they win easily if not for the injured snapper and poor blocking on an extra point.
They will rebound and they will be a contending team. Everyone hates losing to the steelers, but the Bengals are much better poised to make a run moving forward and that is the truth.
I agree with all these points. The loss hurt a lot because scoring at the last possible second was just so thrilling that it was a huge downer to miss the extra point and then the FG, from our most reliable unit. Add in that it was the rival Steelers. But, to a man, the attitude of the players to the loss was encouraging. A lot of caring, but not the finger pointing over the loss. A team of quality individuals.
