11-03-2022, 03:04 AM
The Bengals have had the same problem for a while and they have yet to show that they can overcome it. Any defense with a good pass rush and decent secondary can shut down our offense in the first half and leave us trying to play catchup. In the past catching up was at least achievable because our defense was dominant in the second half. Now that's far from certain.
The teams that they must win against to make the playoffs are exactly the type of teams that we've yet to play well against. You can include our entire division in that.
We had this same problem only worse last season going into our late season playoff run. Joe Burrow and the defense basically worked miracles to getting us to the SB. That's going to be tough to repeat now that everyone has the book on Burrow and Awuzie is out.
The teams that they must win against to make the playoffs are exactly the type of teams that we've yet to play well against. You can include our entire division in that.
We had this same problem only worse last season going into our late season playoff run. Joe Burrow and the defense basically worked miracles to getting us to the SB. That's going to be tough to repeat now that everyone has the book on Burrow and Awuzie is out.
