PFF Grades vs Titans

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 12:10 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Why are people so surprised at high D grades?

The D got 6 TOs, scored a TD (should have been 2). Yes, they gave up 27, but 1 was garbage time and our own 4 TOs gave a lot of short fields.

As for the grades, that is 2 good (fantastic) weeks in a row for Stone. Jackson's best game of the year by a mile. Murphy turning into a Hubbard level DE would help us a ton.

And I know everyone is into tear it downode, but BJ Hill and Hilton can still play some. Outside of Higgins & maybe Gesicki, they are our two best FA's. Hilton is best best run defending corner in the league, FWIW. Every so slightly below avg in coverage.

But if Stone closes well enough to think he can be an asset next year at FS (or at least not a liability) AND Murphy can give us something at LDE, AND Jackson isn't a seive anymore, then our off season to do list gets a lot shorter and more manageable. And less expensive.

I know it is just one game, & TN stinks, but encouraging signs.

The problem with believing in those guys is the fear that they will come back next year and play like they did for most of this season, very poorly. Let's not forget that while on this mini hot streak, the Bengals have been facing teams that are even more pathetic than they have been for most of the season.