04-16-2018, 04:15 AM
(04-14-2018, 01:43 PM)McC Wrote: If the Bengals hadn't given up a ninety some yard KO return and immediate TD right before halftimes, the last minute heroics wouldn't have even been necessary.
The game had a few wild plays too--the KO return, Dennard's pick and return, Buck Allen's reverse the field TD on 4th down.
In the first half, the Bengals just dominated until the KO return. Flacco could do nothing. Both Bengal backs ran the hell out of the ball.
Again, what stood out to me was the pounding the Ravens gave Dalton with no blocking. There are plays you see Dalton just dropping back and BOOM, Ravens at full speed unblocked. You see these, you expect his helmet to fly off, the football to fly out, most quarterbacks don't get up over and over from these type hits. That Dalton got up and somehow made game winning bomb to Boyd only means Dalton is one tough quarterback. This game film as all game films of 2018 show that drafting blocking in rounds 1 and 2 is not a luxury or over excessive. We have the worst O Line in NFL and these game film show this. Besides needing pass blocking and protecting our QB, we also need run blocking which is also very weak.
1968 Bengal Fan
