***Week 1 GameDay Thread - Vikings @ Bengals***

[Joelist]

Both lines were way better than last season. Yes Hopkins had a problem up front but he was also crazy rusty (only three preseason snaps). Aside from the two mess-ups by Hopkins the only other times they got in were two plays where the blocking back missed the assignment - again rust from the first team not playing hardly at all. Burrow mostly had a clean pocket and Mixon had places to run.

Now get Apple out of there and things should improve - by himself he cost the team over a hundred pass yards and a TD.