Taking Responsibity

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(09-11-2018, 03:38 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Since Marvin became our head coach the Bengals pass defense ranks

4th in interceptions
6th in passer rating
7th in fewest tds allowed


If you look at just the 5 most recent seasons ('13-'17) Bengals pass defense ranks

FIRST in interceptions
2nd in fewest tds allowed
2nd in passer rating


There are lots of legitimate reasons to bash Marvin.  His pass defense is not one of them.

Those good, but when we need the ball back for offense, our D struggles to make stops on 3rd down. I'd like to see where we rank on stopping opponents on 3rd down. Even Marvin said our D needs to improve on 3rd down. 
I can us being 2nd in TDs allowed. Teams dinked and dunked on us, till the field shrunk in the redzone and we defended the pass pretty well resulting in FGs. Which goes back to why can't we stop worrying about the big play over the top and tighten up the coverage the entire length of the field?