NYJ DL Sheldon Richardson suspended for Bengals game

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(07-06-2016, 07:07 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Carr wasn't hurt the entire game, and before he was...zero points.  On the road, opening week.

The defense didn't let the Seahawks score 14 points in the third quarter, the offense had a fumble returned for a TD.  And, although they did give up yards on the ground, they held Wilson to 212 yards passing and one TD.  

The Cheifs, who were scoring a lot at that point of the season, didn't get a single TD...all FGs.

As far as facing the Bills without their starting QB, the Bengals faced Cleveland twice after Burfict's return and their QBs were all backups.  They also faced a pathetically weak offense in the Rams and Flacco was out their second meeting so that goes both ways. 

I think your case is weak.  

Carr was hurt about middle of the 2nd quarter of the game, so it's not like he was in there long. Plus Carr was still getting used to his new rookie #1 receiver.

The defense still played like crap against the Seahawks. They let them stay on the field forever by letting them have about the same amount of rushing yards as what Wilson had through the air. The defense didn't play a good game against the Seahawks by any means.

They let Alex Smith have the most yards of his career against us. Letting him have almost 400 yards, and the run game had a little over 100 yards too. I don't think the defense stopped them from scoring once. Good thing our offense was going off at that point, or we would have lost.

The Bengals also played Arizona (who was the #1 offense), and Pittsburgh twice (who was the #3 offense). So, it's not like the Bengals had a cupcake schedule in the second half of the season.

The defense looked a lot worse before Burfict came back. It shows in the stats, and if you actually watch the game.