Starting to think the NFL is rigged

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(11-01-2021, 08:38 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: The whole game looked fishy.  The Bengals seemed to be at half-mast the entire game.  It wasn't the officiating, but just really lackadaisical play.  Maybe it was the emotional high of Baltimore (did they celebrate too much) and being on the road a third straight game, but whatever the reason the Bengals just fed it to every tired narrative of the past.

It pisses me off to no end how they can have the greatest opportunity and then shit the bed like that.  

I don't think the offense was in on it. They still scored 31 points. Belichik likes to rub it in on a division rival. Sure, 3rd road game in a row and I would expect some tiredness on the starters, but if that's the case (and if the Jets are as bad as everyone says they are), then why not start the backups since they'd be coming off fresh and wanting to prove themselves? The same goddamn vanilla prevent zone... Don't tell me they changed looks. What? They blitzed 4 or 5 times and then went back to deep zone? No goddamn adjustment to the dink & dunk quick sets. No challenge on 1v1 deep. Like I said before, I have a sneaking suspicion that White's weakness is the deep ball. Hell, I would have gone with the 46 defense for an entire Jets possession series just to see how White responds to pressure. At least HALF those blitzes stalled the Jets. But no, our defense was too linear, too straightforward, that's why the Jets were able to do that razzle-dazzle crap. The players on defense did the best they could, it was the scheme and plan that put them at the disadvantage of being out of position before the ball snapped. It's as if Lou was told by Mike White's parents to "Please take it easy on our boy, make him look good out there. Could you hold this briefcase for us? There could be $200,000 in there. Or maybe there isn't. Understand?"

It was too obvious the defense was sitting back all day, waiting to react instead of trying to dictate the game, for whatever reason.