My takes from the Browns game

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(09-18-2020, 05:01 AM)BengalChris Wrote: OL was manhandled like the girls choir against a college team. They gave up 3 sacks and 4 more tackles for loss, not to mention a ton of hits and knock downs on the QB.

Burrow 316 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs = awesome for his 2nd game. The fact that he had to throw it 61 times is troubling. So were the hits he had to take.

Mixon 46 yards on 16 carries = no blocking. He also had 4 catches for 40 yards. I'd like to see more of him in routes.

AJ Green 3 catches on 13 targets. Yes, his was interfered with in the endzone on the missed TD. Yes several of the passes were over thrown or off target. But 3 of 13. That needs to improve and he can improve on that. Ward is a top shelf corner and AJ won't be going up against that caliber of player every week. He'll get better.

Uzomah, sad to see the injury. He was on a roll.

Sample out performed his entire rookie season and he made some nice 3rd and 4th down catches. I might end up liking this pick after all. Shocking.

Tyler Boyd continues to be mister steady with 7 catches on 8 targets for 72 yards a 1 TD.

Mike Thomas 4 catches on 4 targets and a TD. Turned out to be a much better signing than I thought.

John Ross... Ah, would anyone be willing to trade a starting OL player for him? I'd even throw in a mid round pick if the guy we get is starter quality.


Defense... Ah, last I looked tackling was not against the rules, but these guys sure played like it was.


Coaches... Not sold, not in the least. It doesn't matter that the offense put up more points this game. It's out of sorts and the coaches were happy with this line while the fans weren't. The fans turned out to be right. The coaches turned out to be way off the mark. On defense, they just didn't do anything they wanted to do. They wanted to keep Mayfield contained and failed. They wanted to stop the run and failed miserably. The Browns seemed to have an answer for everything or just over powered the Bengals defense. This coaching staff is now a 2-16 staff.

Also, we can thank Burrow for the utilization of the TEs more. Taylor is learning from him, which is good, but also pretty sad at the same time.

I won't throw in the towel on the team just yet, but I am almost giving up on Ross.  They seem to have no plans to do any screens, etc. with him.  Just send him deep and hope he drags some folks with him.  The middle of the field was where Burrow lived, though, with Boyd, Sample, Uzo, and such getting the most production.

Just be prepared.  Ross will be a steeler next year, and they will likely have a LOT more success in how to use him.