08-20-2017, 09:42 AM
(08-20-2017, 09:14 AM)PhilHos Wrote: Preseason game 2 of the 2015 season.I'm pretty sure that was the game 3 "dress rehearsal" game (the game where most teams are supposed to really "try" for the first half or more) but that's irrelevant. Your point still stands.
Bengals vs Buccaneers
Bengals played horribly with Dalton completing under 50% of his passes with 2 INTs and defense not looking so good.
Yet we were a Dalton injury and a few mental breakdowns from winning at least one playoff game after winning 12 games.
Of course this doesn't necessarily mean we are going to do that again. The point is preseason games are meaningless including how the team plays in them.
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Very good points and I agree, in fact I still say we looked worse in the 2015 game. It's just that last nights game was so eerily reminiscent of the team we saw early on last year (particularly on defense). Based on that, nobody is feeling confident about where this team is heading. I thought we had moved past all that based on how last year ended. But no, there was still no defensive pressure, the lb core looked as lackadaisical as ever, DB's out of position, piss-poor run blocking, etc.
The only thing that really looked like it improved was the kicking game... So thank God for that, at least. I'll reserve my frustration for when the season actually starts but after last night, I'm not encouraged at all. I still say 8-8 at best.
