Simms with Burrow Interview

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(06-25-2022, 10:57 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: They couldn't tackle for shit when it mattered. Our Defense actually did.

Did you watch that Defense against Mahomes and company Casear? My God it was embarrassing...

They would get right on Mahomes or the RB or Kelce/WR and be right there and just flail on the ground kind of trying to tackle.

It was honestly the saddest tackling I have seen in a long time and I am a Bengals fan lol

The Bills played great D all regular season but fell on their face literally against the Chiefs when it mattered most.

That #1 defense against the pass also got to face Miami, NYJ, and the Pats twice that season.  One of the games against the Pats was in what looked like a winter hurricane.  Pats literally only threw the ball once, I think.  That is why stats are misleading.  

While the Bengals defense hit their stride down the stretch, the Bills defense gave up 41 points to the Colts in week 10 (not a very good rush defense, clearly), 33 points to Tampa in week 13, and the 42 points you mentioned to the Chiefs in their playoff game.  

The Bengals defense could have probably been rated a lot higher facing the likes of last year's (and they should be much better this year) AFC East, Falcons, Panthers, Saints (with no QB), Jags, Commanders, and Texans (who put up a goose egg against the Bills last year).  

Bengals defense showed versatility (being able to hold down wide open attacks like KC and run-first attacks like Tennessee), adaptability (2nd half against Chiefs), and big play availability (3 INTs in each of the first two playoff games).  

It will be a grind with the schedules, but the return of Ossai, the addition of the draft picks, and the only real loss being Ogunjobi, I think the defense could really take off.