York proved me wrong, I was predicting a miss, he did mighty well.

(01-05-2025, 01:25 AM)Bengalitis Wrote: The games MVPs were the squeelers' WR, Williams and Pickens did not show up at all.

Pickens with 1 catch for 0 yards is a huge story line.  Many have predicted things are going to blow up between him and their FO, and that is the type of stat line that could light that fuse.

(01-05-2025, 01:20 AM)pally Wrote: I think we saw great growth in Kris Jenkins and McKinley Jackson

And considering he sits between 2 sub par guards Ted Karras quietly had a good season

I would love to see the Bengals put Mike Lee at center and move Karras to LG. Ford can play RG. That being said, the way the Bengals call plays, often with 5 eligible receivers, puts any o-line in a lurch....and Burrow at risk for injury.

(01-05-2025, 01:27 AM)iowahwky4cinci Wrote: No one with a triple digit IQ would have predicted last summer that the Bengals would go 9-8.

Yet I did, and I do.  

And ended up being right so who looks silly now  haha

(01-05-2025, 01:16 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Chase Brown

Gesicky

(01-05-2025, 01:34 AM)jfkbengals Wrote: Pickens with 1 catch for 0 yards is a huge story line.  Many have predicted things are going to blow up between him and their FO, and that is the type of stat line that could light that fuse.

Yeah I think this spells the end for the son of the disgruntled Bengal in Pitt.  Like father like son

(01-05-2025, 01:19 AM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: From 4-8 to 9-8 is miraculous.

It may just mean it dropped us out of a top 10 pick. Nothing more. We’ll see. 

(01-05-2025, 01:33 AM)BengalYankee Wrote: So  Nick Bosa and T.J Watt are Loudmouth Divas or you just talking shit?

I don't know much about Bosa but I don't hear much from Watt.  The only thing he does, that is somewhat flashy, is that sack dance of his

(01-05-2025, 01:36 AM)jj22 Wrote: Gesicky

*Gesicki

But I agree. He had a nice season. I was only half wrong about our TE’s after the Pats game.

(01-05-2025, 01:35 AM)Browns Town Bengal Wrote: Yet I did, and I do.  

And ended up being right so who looks silly now  haha

You ended up being lucky. And any putz could have said, after the fact, that they predicted it.

(01-05-2025, 01:19 AM)Clark W Griswold Wrote: Does Trey have a shot at DPOTY?  He has been a one man wrecking crew on D all year.
How awful would this defense be without him?

He's the hands down favorite.

He is the league sack leader and accounted for 50% of the team's sacks.  Those two items are the types of things that are the very definition of the award.

(01-05-2025, 01:31 AM)jfkbengals Wrote: They absolutely can.  The question is if they will even attempt to.  They are using the luxury they have with the locked in 1 seed to rest important players, but they also have the ability to make a vote on who has the ability to get into the post season by failing to be competitive.  Many insiders have pointed out that coaching staffs of the AFC field have stated they are concerned about facing us in the post season, and the Chiefs can literally choose play calls that can insure we can't be there.

KC has dealt with a significant emergency and are pretty much flustered and out of sorts and routine going into tomorrow. Any hope they’d show up was stuck on that tarmac they were just able to get off of. 

(01-05-2025, 01:37 AM)jj22 Wrote: It may just mean it dropped us out of a top 10 pick. Nothing more. We’ll see. 

If draft position is so important that you're better off losing a game with the playoffs on the line, draft position isn't going to fix you.

(01-05-2025, 01:44 AM)iowahwky4cinci Wrote: If draft position is so important that you're better off losing a game with the playoffs on the line, draft position isn't going to fix you.

I’ve never been moved by the dead cat  bounce. Not only does it hurt draft position. It influences the FO to think maybe they aren’t far off and changes may not be needed. When in reality they still are. 

Come April when our favorite players get picked before 18 these wins won’t be as meaningful. 

Now if they make the playoffs then all bets are off. 

(01-04-2025, 11:48 PM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: Watch the replay. It was literally an inch high. Off the tips.

Credit the defender for making it a tight window.

Lol. An inch high? An inch lower and it hits the DB.lt hit him in the hands. He'll be the first one to tell you he should gave caught it.

(01-05-2025, 01:54 AM)higgy100 Wrote: Lol. An inch high? An inch lower and it hits the DB.lt hit him in the hands. He'll be the first one to tell you he should gave caught it.

Look at the replay again—it could have been half a foot lower because the defender wasn’t looking. But 1” lower and he can get a full 1”-1.5” of his fingers on it and catch it.

Looking at the video he maybe got .5” of his fingertips on it which is dropped everytime unless the receiver tips it to himself.

(01-05-2025, 01:22 AM)Frank Booth Wrote: neither units deserve the playoffs. Just burrow and chase

And Hendrickson

(01-05-2025, 01:50 AM)jj22 Wrote: I’ve never been moved by the dead cat  bounce. Not only does it hurt draft position. It influences the FO to think maybe they aren’t far off and changes may not be needed. When in reality they still are. 

Come April when our favorite players get picked before 18 these wins won’t be as meaningful. 

Now if they make the playoffs then all bets are off. 

I think everyone understands that no matter how this season ends, much work is needed in the off-season. Going 4-8 in the first 12 games when you should have gone 8-4--or better--tends to have that effect. If their attitudes are right, they'll draft well no matter what their position. They're going to need more than just the draft to fix the o-line and defense. They're going to need a FA haul like before 2021 season.

(01-05-2025, 02:23 AM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: Look at the replay again—it could have been half a foot lower because the defender wasn’t looking. But 1” lower and he can get a full 1”-1.5” of his fingers on it and catch it.

Looking at the video he maybe got .5” of his fingertips on it which is dropped everytime unless the receiver tips it to himself.

Again,trust me it was a perfect pass. Got both "hands", not one hand or just finger tips, on the ball and it went right through his hands.
Great throws also depend on their players to make plays by "going up" and get the baĺl where only "they" can make the play.

To say I hate Germaine Pratt’s game is a vast understatement. His effort is spotty at best and his coverage skills are nonexistent. If he isn’t cut, I’m liable to pick a new team (ok, that’s a slight exaggeration).