09-12-2022, 05:52 AM
Largely agree with the rest. Wouldn't say I'm 'not worried' as that performance was bad on numerous levels, and the coaching show doesn't fill anyone with confidence. You've gotta come into the season more prepared than we looked, and ZT has to be better on quite a few big calls.
That said, defence looked really good and as bad as Burrow was, the offence do deserve credit for clawing their way back into the game. Especially when you consider that they blew it on that goal to go series (the penultimate drive of regulation), only to come back and tie it anyway.
Chase ramped it up when it mattered most. Really good to see that as you imagine he'll just struggle to get the big plays that he got last year. Teams are going to plan to bottle him up a lot more this year.
One game and all that, but I am far less optimistic about hanging with the big boys in the AFC this year. But I'm confident we'll grow through the season and will at least be a wild card quality of team by week 18.
I definitely agree with the sentiment of this thread too. The team taking such a big gut punch in Week 1 is probably a very good thing. If we'd have snuck by the Steelers maybe it papers over the cracks, but there's no way the team shouldn't react to such a bad loss. May help in the long run.
That said, defence looked really good and as bad as Burrow was, the offence do deserve credit for clawing their way back into the game. Especially when you consider that they blew it on that goal to go series (the penultimate drive of regulation), only to come back and tie it anyway.
Chase ramped it up when it mattered most. Really good to see that as you imagine he'll just struggle to get the big plays that he got last year. Teams are going to plan to bottle him up a lot more this year.
One game and all that, but I am far less optimistic about hanging with the big boys in the AFC this year. But I'm confident we'll grow through the season and will at least be a wild card quality of team by week 18.
I definitely agree with the sentiment of this thread too. The team taking such a big gut punch in Week 1 is probably a very good thing. If we'd have snuck by the Steelers maybe it papers over the cracks, but there's no way the team shouldn't react to such a bad loss. May help in the long run.
