C A L M down.

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(09-08-2019, 08:56 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: There was promise today but let's pump the breaks on talking about 10 wins.

--They played a team that had no film on them and as the game went on started to find ways to slow the Bengals down.

--The defense looked fired up but playing that hard and having nothing to show for it can sometimes break a team more then it brings them together.

--The absolute lack of a running game is going to be a concern as this season continues.

There is certainly improvement and it is nice to see some fire and passion from the team but there is still a lack of real talent on the O-line and in important moments (4th and less then 1) and the last drive, the O-line was exposed.

The running game will be fine.  Seattle's whole game plan came down to stopping the run and forcing the Bengals to beat them through the air without AJ Green.  No brainer decision on their part.  They have an amazing home field advantage and likely knew it would be very difficult for the Bengals to execute a passing game in that environment.

All in all the loss stinks, but the Bengals did not flinch or fold up under tough circumstances.  There were a lot of positives to take away from the game still.