06-20-2017, 12:56 PM
(06-20-2017, 10:34 AM)Pat5775 Wrote: Haha wow Fred, is that you? I guess you can interpret it that way if you like. It's not a direct quote shooting down adjustments but it's very heavily implied that Marv doesn't make adjustments, doesn't believe the opposition makes adjustments, or both. But after 14 seasons of the same mental collapses with all the roster turnover through the years I find it hard to believe it's a mental thing (at least from the players). In any case, it's a very troubling thing to see, but if you take a look at our history under Marv a whole lot starts to make sense. All you have to do watch any one of our several second half collapses to know the other team adjusted and he didn't, or the other team adjusted and Marv had no flipping clue how to handle it.
Also, that quote "proving Marv makes halftime adjustments" is from the preseason. In a preseason game, it's a chance to try out several players in different schemes, plays, etc. The entire game is one giant adjustment series after series with no real strategy to win in place. It doesn't prove anything based on the regular season/playoffs, where we have seen countless time adjustments or lack thereof kill us when it counts.
Actually I can not tell evefry time and NFL team makes a scheme adjustment. But I do know that every team in the league is constantly making adjustments throughout the game.
I just posted one link, but all you have to do is google "Marvin Lewis adjustments" and you will get a whole list of quotes from bengal players and coaches talking about making adjustments throughout the game.
As for the 4th quarter collapses I have seen by the Bengals they usually involves turnovers, penalties, missed FGs, and things like that. It may be true that other teams make better adjustments than the Bengals, but I can't believe that you guys think the Bengals don't even try to make adjustments throughout the game (not just at halftime). Just look at the 2015 playoff loss. Something certainly changed in the fourth quarter. I amassuming it was some adjustments by the Bengals. But they end up losing on a fumble and losing their cool. You could say that Marvin was to blame for them fumbling and losing their cool, but you can't really say that they lost because the Steelers made better adjustments late in the game.
Finally, as I said before, the Bengals have been one of the best come from behind teams in the league since 2011. That seems to indicate that they make adjustments better than other teams.
And who is Fred? Is he the only person here who believes that the Bengals ever make any in-game adjustments?
