08-29-2015, 04:26 PM
As bad as preseason game 2 was, it was still just an exhibition warm up game. Some upsides to the game were : McCarron finally got in an NFL game of some kind....There were not any major injuries that I know of.....Also, Lovie Smith seems to have brought his tough Bears defense style to Tampa, which became tough under Tony Dungy tough defense in the late 1990's. If Tampa has a defense again, playing at Tampa will again be rough, as it was before. Tampa was never known for their great QBs but for their defense, even in the Super Bowl win year. So Tampa was loaded for bear, or loaded with Lovie Smith Bear, but they were locked and loaded and will have a better record if they play like that at home. ......The mistakes made, well, you want to get those out in preseason. Most NBA preseason games are sloppy and hard to watch. At least the mistakes were in a preseason game, which is why they play preseason games. All teams are rusty from the off season.
As for Preseason Game 3.....the Bengals need to shake it off and come out strong at home in THE JUNGLE. Loaded for bear because they are playing the Bears. Good games from Dalton, McCarron and Johnson at QB would be great. Let everybody get some reps in before they starting cutting players, so the wrong players don't get cut. Give them all a chance to step up or step down. A win would be nice in THE JUNGLE, but not important. Get these preseason mistakes out of the way and fine tune this thing and eliminate the penalties and turn overs. September is here, and the opener at Oakland is coming up fast. Labor Day weekend will have the team 100 % focused on games that count in the standing. So take a second look at some players tonight, get as many people some reps as possible, because it's time for a lot of these NFL players to get fired. So have a good game and then make the right cuts and keep the right players for that much wanted Play-Off Win and trip to the Super Bowl, which is the real goal. I hope everybody plays good tonight and makes the cuts hard choices. That means we have depth.
So, Bengals to shake it off and show they are better than that and also show they can play on a short week. ....If they look just as bad, then we have real problems that may not be fixed by the AT Oakland game in 15 days. So we we need to see this team has what it takes to bounce back. They had that in 2012 and this team from 2011 on has never quit and always fights back. I'm hoping for a better showing tonight. I understand the NFL has cut way back on practice in pads, so you are just going to have some sloppy preseason showings as players get in football shape again. Not lifting weights, but the shape you get into when pads hit pads and you toughen back up. The timing of plays has to come together. Preseason game 3 is a big night and hoping for team to start getting it together.
As for Preseason Game 3.....the Bengals need to shake it off and come out strong at home in THE JUNGLE. Loaded for bear because they are playing the Bears. Good games from Dalton, McCarron and Johnson at QB would be great. Let everybody get some reps in before they starting cutting players, so the wrong players don't get cut. Give them all a chance to step up or step down. A win would be nice in THE JUNGLE, but not important. Get these preseason mistakes out of the way and fine tune this thing and eliminate the penalties and turn overs. September is here, and the opener at Oakland is coming up fast. Labor Day weekend will have the team 100 % focused on games that count in the standing. So take a second look at some players tonight, get as many people some reps as possible, because it's time for a lot of these NFL players to get fired. So have a good game and then make the right cuts and keep the right players for that much wanted Play-Off Win and trip to the Super Bowl, which is the real goal. I hope everybody plays good tonight and makes the cuts hard choices. That means we have depth.
So, Bengals to shake it off and show they are better than that and also show they can play on a short week. ....If they look just as bad, then we have real problems that may not be fixed by the AT Oakland game in 15 days. So we we need to see this team has what it takes to bounce back. They had that in 2012 and this team from 2011 on has never quit and always fights back. I'm hoping for a better showing tonight. I understand the NFL has cut way back on practice in pads, so you are just going to have some sloppy preseason showings as players get in football shape again. Not lifting weights, but the shape you get into when pads hit pads and you toughen back up. The timing of plays has to come together. Preseason game 3 is a big night and hoping for team to start getting it together.
1968 Bengal Fan
