10-16-2015, 02:23 PM
(10-16-2015, 01:16 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Just a friendly little jab. Call it...Smack Lite.
Bengals always have trouble in Buffalo regardless of players or circumstances so i expect a tight game regardless.
Top to bottom, the Bengals have the more talented and tested roster and they're not really bothered by opponents crowd noise. Listening to a local sports talk guy, it seem to be that the biggest danger on Sunday will be to anyone wearing Bengals colors in the Stadium.
You may enjoy Rex Ryan now, but i guarantee, you will tire of him quickly and then spend a good number of Sundays wishing him the hell out of there.
Good luck Sunday and good health to both teams going forward.
I think it's actually very close between the two rosters, but given the importance of the QB position and the obvious performance gap between Taylor and Dalton, I'd have to say it's Cinci with the edge in talent.
The fan-on-fan crime in the stadium is, IMO, a bit overblown. You just need to avoid the Canadians that show up to the parking lot hammered at 9 a.m. on Saturday (not an exaggeration) and just keep right on boozing up to game time.
In actuality, if you're the cool kind of visiting fan, you won't have any issues (even Pats fans).
When I say Rex is fun to have around, I mean as a person, not as a coach. He really needs to start learning from his mistakes. I don't mind the bravado, and I don't mind the talk. That stuff means nothing. What bothers me is the undisciplined penalties and the lack of mid-game adjustments. That's gotta get better.
(10-16-2015, 01:25 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: I think the biggest thing giving the players and Bengals fans confidence is two-fold.
1. Health. Quality talent across the board. Green, Jones, Sanu, Eifert, Bernard and Hill. Then, just when you think you have them under control (which hasn't happened yet this year) Rex Burkhead comes in and makes a play or two.
2. The way Dalton has shown his continued progression in reading defenses and getting the ball to the proper receiver. Plus, he's always in the top 3 in getting the ball out quick. That's a deadly combination and it's been displayed consistently this year. Hue trusts him with the entire playbook at the line of scrimmage and he's shown the ability to get out of bad plays numerous times in each game this year.
Yes, you've succinctly covered the traits that make the offense dangerous.
One of the reasons I look forward to this game is the chess match aspect. Rex, like him or not, is a creative defensive mind. Seeing what he does to counter Cinci's attack will be very interesting. Fan to fan, I'm telling you that receptions out of the backfield could be the difference for your offense.
(10-16-2015, 01:59 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I think a lot hinges on one thing, possibly two.
1. If we can run the ball on you it could get ugly for you.
If we can't run the ball on you it might be a decent game.
2. Rex and his blitzes, if they work some, it could become a game.
If the blitz isn't working and Rex gets heated he'll expose your DB's way to much, determined it's going to work ! And again it could get ugly.
I'd say we win 6/7 out of 10 times.
I agree on point 1. If Cincinnati gets the run game going, it won't be pretty. That said, Buffalo has been really stout against the run. Miami got some rushing yards once Buffalo was up by 3 scores, and the Giants started to grind out yards late when Buffalo's offense went 3-and-out a bajillion times without Sammy, Shady, and Cordy Glenn (and with the OL taking penalty after penalty).
Regarding point 2, you might be surprised. Against Brady, Rex really limited his blitz calls (which was shocking). It seems that with this particular defensive unit, he's more interested in blitzing to force the ball out quickly, not necessarily to hit the QB. Again though, he's not worried about exposing the DBs. That's justified when it comes to the CBs, but not so much with regard to the safeties.
6 out of 7 seems a bit much to me...if we're talking about this game, between these two teams, played in this venue, I'd say Cinci wins 4 out of 7. On a neutral field in Wichita, Kansas (as Peter King likes to say), I'd say 5 out of 7.
