Seasons not over, but it's gone.

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(10-07-2024, 11:34 AM)Bengal Billy Wrote: Defense is atrocious and shoulder the majority of the blame for these losses (in addition to yesterday the holder and coaching). No doubt about it.

But you can blast away at me as well, because in my eyes there is growing validity into what some posters are saying about failing in the clutch moments for the offense.

3 times/games already this season the offense has had the ball at the end of the 4th qtr either needing a drive to win or needing to run out/ice the game. As great as the offense has looked for a few games now, they have still failed at the very end when needed (yes a debate can be had as to why it failed).

- Game 1 vs Pats, down 6, get the ball with 3 min left and some timeouts, need a long drive for a TD for the win, very quick 3 and out while some open wr's aren't even looked at.  Ugly. Punt the ball, game over.

- Game 2 vs the Chiefs, up 2, get the ball very late at the end and just need to run out the clock and ice the game or at the very least run clock and kick a fg. Nope, get stopped, give the ball back to KC with very little time, last second game winning FG for the opponent.

- Game 5 vs the Ravens, up 3, under 2 min left, forcing Ravens to burn timeouts, need to burn clock and ice the game or at the very least kick a FG to go up 6 with very little time left. Nope, INT turnover, Ravens tie the game to go to OT, we saw what happened.

It's not happening in clutch time for the Offense, as great as they have looked throughout the course of the game before these moments.

Defense is absolute trash currently, no doubt about it. But, they are going to have to nut up and get some more stops throughout the course of the game.  Bengals offense is scoring a lot of points and shouldn't be put in these positions after scoring like they have.
However, when the offense has been put in clutch moments needing to ice a game or pull out a win, they have stalled/failed already 3 times this season.

Moving forward, if the Bengals offense is needing a clutch drive for a win at the end of a game, do we all still have full confidence they are going to get it done?
My confidence in that is not gone, but it is diminishing.

admit that if the bengals win those games, you arent buying into this clutch narrative. The chiefs game was a defensive failure and a fluke. How are you gonna blame burrow for a DPI on 4th and long? The defense blew it. Youre not questioning clutch if that flukey DPI doesnt occur

but please, ignore 21 and 22 where burrow played clutch and won us plenty of regular season games