12-05-2023, 12:15 PM
(12-05-2023, 11:45 AM)Nepa Wrote: Shocking how bad the defense has been this year. They are the absolute bottom of the league in terms of yards given up per game. 32nd, giving up an average of 388 yards per game.
The announcers last night again propped Lou up for a head coaching job, but based on the Bengals defense this year, I don't think the fanbases of many teams would be sold on him as a head coach. I can't blame him so much, though, as he said it would be a "dark night" if they lost both Bates and Bell. That's on the front office, loving those two and not getting a suitable replacement.
I'm not even hating on the defense today. Dax should've had a pick and let's not forget about that atrocious trick play that put them at what the 5. I guess we ran that trick play before I'll have to go back and read the article because I don't remember when and I guess it was successful. I'll also have to read Taylor's comments in full. But this is what drives me crazy about him it appears he said about the trick play that "sometimes in games like this you have to be aggressive and not worry about the results". How can we put a gameplan like last night together yet at the same time be so dumb that we can't translate what we are watching in real time and realize that we don't need to do that. Not only that but the 1st to Browning was on 2nd down and it's to Browning so what at best he gets you a 1st down? I just don't see much potential at all in this play. The 2nd so so many bad things. Backed up at your own end, on 1st down I believe, asking Boyd to throw all the way across the field while making in play decisions he doesn't ever have to make and again it's to Mixon and I'm just not sure how much explosiveness he's gonna give you. Not to hate on two plays in an otherwise well put together game. But how do these plays make it into the gameplan and then get implemented at those times after the offense is moving efficiently.
