Bengals allowing "easy completions"

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(10-02-2018, 12:44 AM)bonesaw Wrote: Matty Ice had 39 attempts and we only had two passes defended.  This tells me we are not playing tight enough coverage.  I said it earlier in the year or preseason that I thought Austin's defensive philosophy looked like keep everything in front of you and hope the offense eventually beats itself.  We gotta start getting up on wr's.  What's the good of having 3 1st round corners if you're gonna play off the wr's.  We gotta get up and challenge some of these throw if we wanna get better on D.  I hate a slow death defense.  I'd rather get up in the offense's face and try and three and out them...if they catch you oh well go out next time and get them off the field and give your offense an extra chance.  At least we're 3-1 while we figure it out.  Who Dey!

That's exactly Austin's philosophy, soft cushions and a thought process that eventually the offense will make a mistake and turn the ball over.  Very turnover dependent for success.

Heard it many times from coaches, "it's hard to drive 80 yards in the NFL".  Not when you don't cover underneath and it's basically pitch and catch!