10-24-2018, 01:34 PM
(10-24-2018, 10:42 AM)The Real Deal Wrote: If we are looking for optimism, here is something interesting I read:
“There are home games against four teams with a combined record of 9-16-1 (Bucs, Browns, Broncos and Raiders), so if they split the remaining road games (Baltimore, L.A. Chargers, Cleveland and Pittsburgh) while winning the games they should win at home, that’s 10.The Steelers have the Chargers, Panthers and Patriots, along with the Bengals and Browns, plus games in Jacksonville and New Orleans. Baltimore? In December, like the Bengals, they’re at the Chargers. But they’re also back-to-back in Kansas City and Atlanta on Dec. 2-9. So this thing is going to be tight.”
Take that for what it’s worth.
Good stuff, we most definately still have a shot.
(10-24-2018, 11:16 AM)Awful Llama Wrote: That's what she said
And, she was right. Thanks to the inclination of other members of the AFCN to fall all over themselves, amazingly, we're not out of this yet. The losses to Pit and KC were expected. The KC loss was worse than anticipated obviously, but a last-second loss to the Steelers is something this team can do in its sleep, so not much of a surprise there. These games were both tall orders.
As the big tuna once said "you are what your record says you are." Right now, our record says we're still in this thing, provided we get our shit together. A win against TB, a bye and a chance to get healthy, then you hit the ground running against NO, and suddenly we're 6-3 and on our way to Ballamore. Still a lot of ball left to be played.
All true Llama, i expected us to lose to the Chiefs and it was no surprise we lost to the Steelers in our place.
(10-24-2018, 12:20 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: No doubt it's still early and while I'm a bit concerned about the O I believe they'll continue to get better. It's the D that has me shaking in my shoes ! I don't understand how we're this bad.
If the D doesn't do a 180 fast we have no chance this season.
Yeah, that Defense we saw against the Chiefs would have anyone beyond concerned. It was that bad.
Need to clean up this tackling badly. The good thing is we have the Bucs this weekend (hardly the Chiefs) and
we have a bye week to clean this shit up.
