08-10-2016, 10:10 AM
(08-09-2016, 01:13 PM)PlayerFormerlyKnownAsMousecop Wrote: Cincy Jungle posted today saying that Tyler Eifert's recovery timetable is worse than originally thought. They're saying he may not be able to come back until Week 5, missing Week 4 against the Dolphins.
Given how integral Eifert was to the Bengals' redzone success on offense last year, how do you all think this injury will ultimately affect the Bengals in the short term? We can only hope C.J. Uzomah is the real deal. That redzone production was so vital to our success last year.
You add losing Sanu and Jones and now an injury to Eifert that will make him miss maybe all September and who knows how much of October, and Bengals are very weak at WR and TE. .....and I hope you people don't come on here and ask what the heck is wrong with Andy Dalton. You don't develop the timing with receivers in the NFL overnight. QB Don Meredith said it can take years. So suddenly we are going to have all these new targets for Dalton to throw to. All with different speeds and timing, running routes a little different. One split second turns a catch into an interception. So don't be on here wondering what in the heck is wrong with Dalton.
The schedule is set up for the Bengals to start 0-3......I'm serious. At New York on September 11th....at Pittsburg.....Home to play Super Bowl Denver Broncos and that tough defense. ....I'm hoping we don't start 0-3, but our new offensive coordinator has one huge problem right now. In an NFL where the pass is king, we may not be able to pass the ball. ....For our sake, some pass catchers better step up in preseason. Dalton needs to get a ton of reps in with these new players to get some timing down before regular season, many reps needed in practice, throwing and throwing and throwing to the main replacements to Sanu, Jones and now Eifert. .....In 4 weeks they take the show to New York, so they don't have much time at all to get the reps in and some timing down. The timing will not be there when we hit New York as we would like, but hopefully enough to get out with a win.
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