Credit to Paul Guenther

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(11-09-2016, 03:00 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Here's to a strong second half of the season for the defensive unit!  I'm pretty sure that the offense can hold up it's end, so long as the defense can get off the field.

I don't know about the offense man.  They had one good game against Washington, but until I see Eifert dominating regularly and the offensive line hold up in protection more, I wouldn't trust them.  They are relying on AJ Green way too much, and I feel that this will bite them in the rear when they play Pittsburgh which seems to know how to bottle AJ up.  It's up to the line to create running lanes regularly and to hold up in protection against the Steelers' blitz that will decide who wins the division.  I would almost say the same about the Ravens especially since their defense is much better than Pittsburgh's, but they always seem to find a way to allow AJ Green to have monster games against them, so the Bengals might find a way to beat them somehow (also the Baltimore offense is not that good to put scoreboard pressure on the Bengals Offense). 

The defense has to find a way to at least get half way up from where it is toward where it was last year, for the Bengals to get to the playoffs, IMO.  At least Guenther seems to be doing whatever he can to fix it.