The Defense is trash ..

[*ochocincos*]

(11-08-2021, 02:19 PM)Tony Wrote: And I think we all knew it from the gun... Kirk Cousins lit them up.. For some reason early on,  teams didn't run on the Bengals much. Andy Dalton was lighting them up. Ben is just old and the steelers offense is God awful. Trevor played well, Robinson ran all over them. The Ravens was the only real complete game they have played, because the offense made them 1 dimensional.. . Mike White , RB Carter, Baker and Chubb destroyed this defense. This is the worst defense in the league the last 2 weeks and it's not close. They were a bend and dont break defense and it finally broke.. They have been exposed... Run it , and run it a lot.. The LBS are garbage against the run.. I understand why Lou doesn't Blitz much either. The DBs aren't very good either. Apple is downright horrible and hopefully Vernon H. gets a shot. Point is, Lou didn't magically get amazing all the sudden. They were skating by and the Jets finally exposed them.. The offense was always very inconsistent from the start, till now ,and this is just what the team is.. I'm hoping for 9 wins but 7 is more realistic.. I told everyone the Jets game was a back breaker and worst than people are saying. It's how they lost these last games that really is alarming. You get upset by the Jets, and then You come home and get completely dominated by an injured browns team? Not good.. No way should this team be 5-4 with teams like the pats. Then Bengals have so much more talent. The reason why is Great coaching vs Bad coaching. All these coaches need fired... This the eternal loop of being a Bengals fan... We will see after the  bye , but like the team , my confidence in the Bengals, ( the little I had) is gone...

I must say, both the offense and defense had been playing better than I expected. Prior to the season starting, I pegged both for being in the 15-20 range by year's end.

With that said, what do you mean by injured Browns team?
They had their elite RB back (Chubb) and their starting QB.
Clowney, Ward, and Peoples-Jones all ended up playing.
About the only big loss they had was their RT Conklin.
OBJ hasn't really been a big impact player since becoming a Brown, so not a big loss there.
Is rookie Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah considered a big loss?

Part of this loss is on the players. Turnovers and drops were huge. But there's also room for improvement in the playcalling. I'd like to see Taylor and Anarumo get a little more creative based on what the opponent is giving them.

If this team ends with 7 or more wins, there's no way Mike Brown moves on from Taylor or Anarumo. They'll be back with a (hopefully) bigger investment in OL to see if they can into the playoffs next year (if they don't this year).