11-01-2018, 09:10 PM
(11-01-2018, 01:22 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Nicely thought out post, i agree for the most part i just am not liking our DC right now.
He is making me take back my 11-5 prediction. He doesn't even recognize it has been the Offense that has bailed
his Defense out. We need to get better on D, i think if we do we will go either 11-5 or like you said 12 -4, if not we
might be able to sneak into the Playoffs.
I just don't see us winning once we get there with Marv, Austin and Haslett coaching. These guys are blah.
Oh I agree... I want us to fire Austin so bad it isn't even funny.
The defense doesn't look bad, they look lost and confused, which is even worse. The emphasis on TOs is relying on the opponent to make mistakes, not actually stopping them, we had Chuck B. for doing that before getting Zimmer. The really bad part is that we are terrible at actually getting TOs. With the amount of attempts that our defenders have done trying to cause a fumble or INT, we haven't produced as much as it seems. Even when we do cause a fumble we have had a few that we didn't recover, that sounds like nitpicking, but if that is the goal and focus of the defense then we need to recover those fumbles. The Pittsburgh game stands out as we could have prevented the FG if we recover that fumble.
I don't hate Marv, but as you said, these guys are blah. I mean our record should be 6-2 right now. No shame is losing to KC or Carolina, but the Steelers is the game that is the one that stands out as being a testament to the ineptitude of Lewis. His handling of the last 2 mins were atrocious. We didn't try to milk the clock at all during that time, it was as if Marv was a first time spectator, all excited about scoring that he forgot that we have to give them the ball back. With 2 time outs and already past the 50, plus having 4 chances to get a 1st down, we shouldn't have worried about scoring or even taking a TO until about 30s was left on the clock.
As someone that is just a rabid fan of the Bengals and not a professional coach, for me to be able to see plainly that we scored to quickly, makes me wonder if those claims of the NFL being rigged might have some truth to them. If not, then Marvin is really out of his depth.
