(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 don't count this as a dead cat bounce.  My definition is being a 3 win team going into the last couple weeks and winning 2 or 3 meaningless games.  None of these wins were meaningless.  

This game was dominated by the Bengals and yet they only win by 2 points, and had a chance to lose it. 16 minutes in time differential, held Pittsburgh to under 200 yards, and still the game was on the line with seconds left.

The inefficiency in the red zone is a major problem with this team. They have to get TD’s and not field goals, to put teams away.
We had so many opportunities to put this game away and couldn’t do it. Burrow needs to learn to throw the ball away, and avoid negative plays. They need to stop throwing the ball behind the line of scrimmage, it fails more than succeeds.

Fortunate for the Bengals, the old Russell Wilson showed up, to get us a win.

(01-05-2025, 02:35 PM)Timanky12 Wrote: They need to stop throwing the ball behind the line of scrimmage, it fails more than succeeds.

Drives me crazy when they do that on 3rd down.