11-14-2023, 06:51 PM
(11-14-2023, 06:42 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: If Bengals management is going to keep letting good defensive players leave so they can use that money to pay the guys on offense, the offense needs to carry the team instead of Lou's defense from now on. You see what not having Bates and Bell and Apple has done to the secondary. Those guys in the secondary look like they have no clue. And Lou also lost Ogunjobi before last season. When you keep losing talent from the defense like that, you just arent going to be as good. Lou didnt suddenly become a bad DC. He just doesnt have the same talent now and that is because the Bengals have decided to spend the money on the offensive players so the offense needs to step up. Boyd needs to make that TD catch. Burrow needs to stop throwing 2 interceptions in the 4th. The Oline needs to block better. If the offense is where the Bengals are spending the money, the offense needs to get carry the team and get it done.
We lost 2 starters and Apple.
Letting Apple go was a no brainer.
Letting Bates go at his asking price with Dax in the building was a no brainer.
Bell was the one that caught them by surprise and he took a different deal. $9M more Bell next season doesnt really work for us. If Scott didnt suck so bad and Battle were not so slow this wouldnt be an issue either.
That said I agree the offense has not been good enough and needs to be much better.
