09-29-2018, 01:19 AM
(09-28-2018, 10:30 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I mean, they shut out the hapless Cardinals, but EVERYONE looks great defensively against the Cardinals this year. The Cardinals have scored 20 points in 3 games, or 6.66/game. That would be like if the Ravens defense bragged about shutting out the Bengals last year in Week 1... heck, even the Bengals scored 33 points in the first 3 weeks last year, and we remember how painful that was to watch. So imagine how bad an offense has to be to score 20 in 3 games.
It is painful to even imagine.
They also played the Redskins and Bears two good defense as well. Maybe that's why there struggling to score so much.
(09-29-2018, 12:20 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Yeah, Atkins has been real good, and Dunlap SHOULD have 2 more sacks to his name if it weren't for garbage penalties to protect Luck from getting breathed on.
That said, it hasn't translated into a great defense. The Bengals defense is 26th in yards and t-19th in scoring.
Burfict coming back should help the 26th rush defense improve (but probably not turn it into a great one), but it won't do much of anything for the 23rd passing defense. That also assumes Burfict stays both healthy and unejected/unsuspended for the final 12 games of the season.
6 of the Bengals top-10 paid players are defenders. I'm just wondering with the results we're seeing, and the rules we're seeing, if that's not wise.
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EDIT: There are 3 undefeated teams left in the NFL.
LAR who has the 15th passing defense.
Miami who has the 29th passing defense.
KC who has the t-31st (aka last) passing defense.
They have had one bad game against the Panthers on rushing defense. They did great in that area against the Ravens and Colts.
As for the pass defense of course you are going to give up yards when teams throw the ball 50+ times which both the Colts and Ravens did.
Anyways you're using a very small sample size to prove your point. Maybe wait to the end of the season to make your point. Usually it works itself out in the end.
