Quote:They also left a template for everybody else to stop what had been the NFL's fourth best offense.

"Coach Lou put together a great game plan and also as well as the rest of the coaching staff on the defensive end. It was definitely different for us," reflected cornerback Chidobe Awuzie on Monday. "There were a lot of questionable faces around on the defense. Playing Lamar you have to change things up. You have to do a different type of defense so it was a game plan that throughout the week we got more comfortable with and by the time the game hit all the questions had been answered. I think it was a result of guys really buying into the game plan and getting real comfortable with the things we had to do."

Quote:But in the end, a lot of it fell to the edge players and they responded. On the left side, Sam Hubbard had his best game in his four seasons as Bengal with 2.5 sacks. On the right side, Trey Hendrickson continued his pursuit of the Bengals sack record with one that gives him 6.6 already.

Yet it won't show up in the stats (Hubbard had five tackles, Hendrickson one), but it was what they didn't let Jackson do as opposed to what they did.

"Sometimes you have to sacrifice your individual (stats)," Anarumo said. "Hey, I can go get a sack here, but you leave the B gap wide open if I go too far afield. We have unselfish guys who want to do what's best for the team."

(10-26-2021, 10:37 AM)Sled21 Wrote: https://www.bengals.com/news/quick-hits-bengals-defense-flexing-top-ten-muscle-saturday-night-live-for-inspir

Lou's greatest gift to Bengaldom is he just gave every Defensive Co-0rdinator the blueprint for shutting down the Ravens. Every team going forward that puts an "L" on Baltimore helps us. This article on the home page has some very interesting quotes.


It may have been inadvertent, but this statement by Chido is a direct shot  at you, Carlos Dunlap and WJIII. Lou asked this defense to do things they didn't understand and did not usually do. The difference is that THIS group bought in and did what they were asked, and were rewarded with a resounding beatdown of the Ratbirds.


This is absolutely a direct shot at you Carlos Dunlap. You refused to be a team player and only wanted to chase your individual stats.

(10-26-2021, 11:41 AM)impactplaya Wrote: Lou actually had a similar gameplan
Vs the Ravens last year. So I think the
Foundation was quietly being laid last year

(10-26-2021, 10:37 AM)Sled21 Wrote: This is absolutely a direct shot at you Carlos Dunlap. You refused to be a team player and only wanted to chase your individual stats.

(10-26-2021, 11:30 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Anarumo's greatest gift is convincing ownership to spend so much of the cap on the defense.

(10-27-2021, 11:29 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Dunlap did not care about individual stats. He cared about winning.

(10-27-2021, 11:46 AM)Tomkat Wrote: His obvious lack of effort (at the end) suggested that he did not care about winning.

(10-27-2021, 11:57 AM)fredtoast Wrote: The game before he was benched he had 9 solo tackles. I don't see how any player could put up such impressive production with no effort.

(10-27-2021, 12:01 PM)Tomkat Wrote: REGARDLESS OF THE REASON, if you're getting benched, it's because you're doing something wrong... whether it's "attitude" or whatever is irrelevant.

If you're doing something wrong, it means YOU are the "inferior player."

(10-27-2021, 12:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Coaches did not want Dunlap after the 2019 season. Front office did not agree. So coaches misused Dunlap to force front office to get rid of him.

(10-27-2021, 12:03 PM)Tomkat Wrote: Dunlap took a petty, childish approach to get his way (and get out of Cincinnati.)
It was pathetic.  Don't try to justify or defend it.  It happened, it's over, and we're better off just admitting it and moving on.

I'm not even a Dunlap "hater," as I appreciate his accomplishments as a Bengal... I just choose to look at the situation objectively.

(10-27-2021, 12:54 PM)Au165 Wrote: Well Fred has successfully derailed this topic.

Getting back on topic, Lou has prove to be able to scheme up some really solid plans. As I mentioned earlier, I have seen a lot of football and never seen the scheme we saw last week. Maybe it was simply getting the right pieces who trusted his sometime crazy ideas.

(10-27-2021, 01:07 PM)Wyche Wrote: Yeah, they had me confused as to what they were doing for sure. They also kinda sorta bottled them up in game one last season, but our offense couldn't get out of its own way. The second game was a MASH unit for the whole 22. 

That's what I personally think happened. Lou had some things he wanted done a certain, albeit unorthodox way, and some older players just didn't want to do it or couldn't do it. Because, let's face it, he doesn't look much like a "stupid coach" this year.