09-13-2022, 12:57 PM
(09-12-2022, 09:19 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: No one wants to hear this in a full-on venting session, but here are some truths that everyone needs to remember:
Last year, Buffalo got beat badly by pitt at home in week 1 and still was seconds away from the AFC Title game.
Also last year, week 1 showed Aaron Rogers threw for 133 yards and two INTs, but still went on to win the MVP.
With that fresh in mind, maybe we could cut Joe Burrow a little slack for being indecisive and off timing knowing that he went essentially a month without going all out in the key part off camp, due to the ruptured appendix. I am not as worried about the offensive line. They ran blocked pretty well, but Joe held on to the ball way too long in pass plays.
Losing Tee Higgins early (cheap shot assholes) doesn't help either Mike Thomas showed why we all wanted someone like Pryor or Lassiter. As much as Perine proved his veteran worth (saved Burrow on one pass block big time), Thomas is just not very reliable as a route runner.
Despite all this, they STILL should have won. Three different times, they win easily if not for the injured snapper and poor blocking on an extra point.
They will rebound and they will be a contending team. Everyone hates losing to the steelers, but the Bengals are much better poised to make a run moving forward and that is the truth.
All true. Playcalling is honestly my only concern. As I said before the game, we need to run it on Pitt. Instead we came out
throwing and that played right into their hands. Mixon was averaging like 5 yards a carry and instead of sticking with the run
game while the new OL started to gain chemistry we went pass. Don't understand this, but like you said, it is only the first
game and the new OL was good in run blocking.
Amazing we still could of won the game with having all those turnovers. The stealers had to work their ass off to get that
win and they lost their best player for awhile in TJ Watt in the process. Hope Tee is okay and won't be out long cause as you
say, Mike Thomas isn't the answer and this just proves what we were all saying about Pryor or another WR just in case one
of the top 3 go down. Need to add somebody like TY Hilton or DeDe Westbrook.
