09-08-2024, 08:39 PM
(09-08-2024, 05:37 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: Im gonna copy and paste what I just said in the gameday thread
this was one of those games where the 22 and 21 defenses would bail the offense out. Cincy doesnt have that defense anymore. No Reader, Hubbard is older, Bj Hill is older, garbage DE depth, no jesse bates, no Awuzie.
...and dont forget Larry Ogunjobi who was a big part of the defense that carried us to the Super Bowl. We simply dont have the talent now on defense we had 2-3 years ago . Im not sure what some of our fans are expecting out of Lou. He isnt a miracle worker. We just replaced the best run stuffing DT in the NFL with a guy that has been bad against the run. Hill and Rankins as your starters with Zach Carter and Jay Tufele as your depth is not a good interior defensive line. At DE you have Hendrickson who is great as a pass rusher but he is more interested in sack numbers that he completely neglects his run defense. Sam Hubbard is alright but nothing special and the depth is Ossai and who?
Having said all of this, the Bengals defense still held New England to just 16 points including holding New England to 3 points when Jones fumbled the ball on the Bengals own 24 yard line. The offense has to do better than 10 points.
