09-09-2018, 11:11 PM
(09-09-2018, 09:11 PM)THE Bigzoman Wrote: Watched about 3 quarters and followed the rest of the game on the gameday thread. Here's my insight on today's performance.
Chill Out About the D: Colts came in with max protection and run a ton of short passes, something you're supposed to do when you're up against a godlike pass rush. The Defense made the plays when they mattered most and we saw something we haven't seen in a while: Clutch turnovers.
Bobby Hart is Ass, as Advertised: You know you're bad when Margus Hunt looks good against you.
Joe Mixion isn't as pivotal to the Offense as I thought, he's required When we hand the ball off the Mixon and let him do him, the offense moves. When we don't, our offense looks like it did the last two years.
Speaking of Mixion…
We can run the ball again!
Finally, we did something we haven't done in a long time: Find a way to win when the everything else insists on not letting the ball bounce our way once. A lot of BS calls and adversity. Good to see a Bengals team that can overcome it.
Not buying on the defense. Max protect... fine. giving up the short passes was only because of the cushion we kept giving the Colts. All that did was give Luck confidence and 1st downs. Yes they stepped up when needed, but I don't want to rely on "scoop and scores". I would rather have INTs or INC leading to more punts. We shouldn't rely on a player to fumble the ball at the end of the game.
I am hoping that this was only due to being the first game and jitters and all of that, and not a trend.
