Bring On Miami and Cleveland Games

[kevin]

(12-16-2019, 12:13 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: We are absolutely not better than our record. We're able to run the ball now, but we can't score points.

Interestingly, when we had extremely low yardage early in the season, people were like 'points matter'.

Now that we're able to run and our yardage totals are better and our points are lower, people are like 'yards matter'.

It's great being a Bengals fan! Teams like the Dolphins, Giants, and Redskins are actually occasionally winning games late in the year. Wins are improvement. Having to sift through the stats to find increases, isn't.

I agree Bengals are NOT better than their record and have NOT been losing on purpose for draft pick, that is last thing in players and coaches minds.  

I do think the Defense that was awful all 2018 and start of 2019 has improved under the coaching or whatever.  The Defense looks good for first time since 2017.  Now the offense still stinks.  However Miami and Cleveland are as bad as their records.   If Atkins, Dunlap, Dennard keep playing like they have second half of season, Bengals will finish 3-13.    

Actually, that would be a good thing if the Defense is back to playing good ball.  There are few draft rounds and if the Defense of Dunlap and others shows they are back to good ball,  we can focus draft on this awful offense. 

The Bengals Defense has been better than 2018. You can see the Defense is better. The problem is not only does the Offense not score, but they make many turnovers giving other teams free points which you can not blame on the Defense. Our Offense is giving opposing teams more free points than the 10 some points a game they score for themselves. Even pick 6's by Dalton and Finley every game. Bengals offense scores more for the other teams than for themselves. You take away all the offensive turnovers, and the Bengals Defense gives up few points. It is Bengals offense giving up all the points and field position and games second half of 2019.

So The Defense has turned it around from the Defense Disaster of 2018 coaching. I think enough to beat Miami and Cleveland with Defense. The offense could lose these games, but Mixon and Benard could have good games against them. So 3-13 record is possible, thanks to the Defense playing better. If Dunlap and Company are flying to the ball as they have lately, Bengals win last 2 games.