Bengals out-coached in openers

[HarleyDog]

(09-09-2024, 10:04 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Hate to butt into this coach bashfest, but we did not lose because of coaching. We lost because Gesicki dropped the ball in the end zone, Hudson fumbled going into the end zone, and poor tackling. That's fourteen points that should have been on the board if the players held onto the ball. 3 or 4 turnovers a game is not a recipe for success. But that's on players, not coaches.

We were 7.5pt favorites going into this game. We can also argue that the team was ill-prepared. Higgins is out with a fake injury, Chase's contract disruption, and whatever else may have contributed to this team being unprepared. Bottom line, we suck right now. I was shocked by the horrible play-calling yesterday. Our offensive game plan was stale and lacked any creativity. KC is going to embarrass the crap out of us next week if this team doesn't fix what's broken. I doubt a week will get it done.

Our defense was sloppy and the tackling was bad. Our DL got pushed around like rag dolls.