Boyd: I just want to win

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(06-01-2023, 08:52 PM)PDub80 Wrote: If the O Line was competent, the run & screen game would have been HUGE with the Chiefs doubling the outside w Safeties like that. This was more about that falling apart than Boyd going down. The Bengals had no 3rd option past that.

I was there in the front row behind the Bengals bench for both of the AFCCGs.... On the last Bengals drive there was a play on their last 2nd down before they punted where Higgins & Irwin lined up on the left. Both guys cut their routes in, but Joe through an out that would have been a 1st and, if I recall, put the Bengals on the Chiefs side of the field or really close to that. One of the 2 WRs got their call wrong because Joe threw to open air on the sideline - no one even near that side of the field, which would have also stopped the clock if caught.

Boyd would have changed that game for sure, but when he went down, so would an avg O line. It was just a catastrophy of misfortune that entire game... And the Chiefs STILL needed a FG at the gun to win. Bengals will be AMAZING this season. I can feel it.

Agree. The line was absolutely the biggest issue. Had they been able to block anyone, Joe wouldn't have needed someone open underneath consistently fast. With what was going on, it just felt like TB was our shot for keeping the sticks moving. That's the reason I felt dread when he went out.

If this iteration of the offensive line can put it together, I'm with you on the amazing part.