Merril Hodge says Bengals can compete with the Patriots

[*bengalfan74*]

(09-29-2015, 03:43 PM)McC Wrote: I don't expect Bengal coaches to outcoach him.  Not many can do that.  But they can't get so badly outcoached that you have no chance to outplay them. 

He's not gonna let the pass rush get to Brady, so you'd better have an answer for how quickly the ball will be out of Brady's hands.  And you had better tackle well.

His defense will try to take away what you do best, so you'd better have more than one way to beat them.

You cannot let them run on you.  If they do, you have little to no chance.

You had better be able to adjust on the fly.  Because they do.  Seems like BB doesn't have a game plan, he has about six.  If you're waiting till halftime to adjust, it might already be too late.

You have to be incredibly well prepared because you know they will be.

^This^

I fully believe Hodge is right if we can do this stuff like McC says here. We can compete with them if we stay in the game. Their defense isn't all that. Catch a couple breaks and we stay clean as possible, anything can happen.