10-31-2016, 06:10 PM
English Bengal here, and still very much in awe despite the result. I had a heck of a day and I'm honestly entirely grateful that the NFL gave me an opportunity to see my team (without the expensive trip across the pond).
Went to all 3 games in London this year, and the Bengals game was by far the best of the lot. Great atmosphere, with what seemed like a great following for the Bengals. A great deal of Redskins jerseys around too, which made it more of an event.
The game had it all, drama pretty much the whole way. I'm seeing loads of people say 'YAWN WHAT A BORING TIE OMG'... seriously, that 4th and OT period was amazing entertainment.
In terms of the game we played, offensively we were only came to play for 1 of the 5 quarters. 3rd quarter we completely had our way with the Redskins, mostly Eifert just being uncoverable. The rest of the game we just seemed too rushed, drives stalled real quick and we just didn't get into a rhythm. O-Line tbh didn't seem too bad. They've been pretty awful all year, but it didn't seem to me as though they did a bad job.
Defensively, it was pretty poor. Kirk Cousins isn't bad, but 450 yards? Think he made a couple of 'good' plays, but practically every catch was just an uncovered pass. Good scheme, or just bad defence? I'd say the latter personally, just looked like prevent D all day long. The less said about Nugent the better... weak leg and no confidence in him making any kick.
I'm glad we got to see a good dose of AJ too. Shame he didn't pickup a TD, but made a handful of good plays which was great to see. Eifert just had a day of it whenever we got him involved. Gio looked good when we gave him the ball, wanted to see us stick with him but it's not like Hill was bad.
Overall, I'm just glad to not have been making the trip home after a defeat. We probably should've lost the game with OT and the very slow start considered. As soon as we got going I felt we'd win, but boneidle errors cost us.
All in all a complete 10/10 experience, great game, great atmosphere and got to see my Bengals at their most Cincinnati-esque. I've been like a kid at Christmas the past couple days.
Went to all 3 games in London this year, and the Bengals game was by far the best of the lot. Great atmosphere, with what seemed like a great following for the Bengals. A great deal of Redskins jerseys around too, which made it more of an event.
The game had it all, drama pretty much the whole way. I'm seeing loads of people say 'YAWN WHAT A BORING TIE OMG'... seriously, that 4th and OT period was amazing entertainment.
In terms of the game we played, offensively we were only came to play for 1 of the 5 quarters. 3rd quarter we completely had our way with the Redskins, mostly Eifert just being uncoverable. The rest of the game we just seemed too rushed, drives stalled real quick and we just didn't get into a rhythm. O-Line tbh didn't seem too bad. They've been pretty awful all year, but it didn't seem to me as though they did a bad job.
Defensively, it was pretty poor. Kirk Cousins isn't bad, but 450 yards? Think he made a couple of 'good' plays, but practically every catch was just an uncovered pass. Good scheme, or just bad defence? I'd say the latter personally, just looked like prevent D all day long. The less said about Nugent the better... weak leg and no confidence in him making any kick.
I'm glad we got to see a good dose of AJ too. Shame he didn't pickup a TD, but made a handful of good plays which was great to see. Eifert just had a day of it whenever we got him involved. Gio looked good when we gave him the ball, wanted to see us stick with him but it's not like Hill was bad.
Overall, I'm just glad to not have been making the trip home after a defeat. We probably should've lost the game with OT and the very slow start considered. As soon as we got going I felt we'd win, but boneidle errors cost us.
All in all a complete 10/10 experience, great game, great atmosphere and got to see my Bengals at their most Cincinnati-esque. I've been like a kid at Christmas the past couple days.
