Keeping Tee Higgins is not that impossible.

[Nicomo Cosca]

(09-10-2023, 01:00 AM)007BengalsFan Wrote: The defense is what has carried us in the playoffs.  Burrow had Chase, Higgins, Boyd, Hurst and still struggled to put points on the board against both Baltimore and Kansas City in the playoffs.  Lets not have the excuse if Boyd doesnt get injured we beat K.C.  Boyd was injured in the second quarter and by that time we were already getting beat and struggling on offense even with Boyd.  Zero TDs in the first half with Boyd.   Also, If not for the defense scoring a TD against Baltimore and bailing out the offense, we lose that game.  The offense couldnt get it done against Baltimore.

Everybody talks about Burrow and all the offensive weapons we have but Burrow and offense just disappear at times.  It has been the defense that steps up and keeps us in games.  After all we have lost on defense does anybody think its a good idea to further weaken the defense and let guys like Reader leave? so we can keep an offense together that often does their disappearing act?  We need to keep a strong defense that can stop AFC north rushing attacks and can limit other team's offenses in the playoffs.  All of this starts up front with the D line.

The offense has been hindered by an OL made up of guys not even currently in the league. Kind of a big thing to just brush over when talking about some of those playoff games.

Get Burrow to January with the majority of this current OL healthy and you’ll see them put up points against anyone.