LeSean McCoy

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(10-17-2015, 04:00 AM)GodHatesBengals Wrote: Our biggest problem is defense and specifically the run defense. It absolutely needs to get fixed, and Marvin himself is probably going to have to be the one to come up with the plan. "Paulie G" still seems like a sack of potatoes to me.

They did give up quite a few rushing yards last week, but a large chunk of them were on one horrible (tackling) play.

The pass offense held up very well, again, with the exception of one busted coverage. 

What I loved best was the 62 yards the Seahawks got their final SIX DRIVES.  The defense clearly rose to the occasion.  And remember, they only gave up 17 points.  Their defense got a score on the Burkhead fumble.

I think for this game the defense will be playing the same "avoid giving up a big passing play" scheme and will give up a lot of nickel-and-dime yardage on the ground.  They have faith that the offense will be able to get a couple scores on their first several drives, forcing the Bills to try and air things out to keep up.  This will play right in to the Bengals hands, although I would imagine Manual will be checking it down repeatedly. 

Any time you play an extra quarter in a game, it takes a toll on a team, but I think the Bengals simply have too many weapons for the Bills defense and will not be stopped.  They have scored at least 24 points in every game and are averaging closer to 30 per game.  Buffalo simply can't score that many points against this defense.