09-25-2020, 07:22 PM
(09-25-2020, 04:52 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Unrelated to Bates or the defense, but more to your part about the offense and defense putting together complete games. I certainly hope that Turner, Callahan and Taylor were able to get the OL calmed down, and that 10 days of practice has Fred Johnson feeling a little more comfortable and settled at RG. It was obvious that he whiffed on several plays last Thursday. That has to be a bit unnerving, especially after we saw that he can hold his own at Tackle last season. I don't think that FJ is physically incapable of playing the position, as much as he was just thrown in there and seemed a bit confused.
More than a bit lol
Philly has a good D-line too so we will see. If it was Dalton out there last week it would of been bad pretty sure all the way
around. With Burrow I have hope even if the OL gives up pressure here and there, Smokin' Joe is THAT special. Wish he didn't
have to be THAT special though, but he does. I just want to see some holes in the running game for once for Mixon.
Could happen, no Fletcher Cox and without him they are not near as good at stopping the run as rushing the passer.
(09-25-2020, 05:53 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Marvin's last two seasons as HC our rush defense was flat out awful ! We were like 30th and 29th vs. the rush.
True, it was one game against the Browns with their good OL and badazz RB duo.
We weren't great against the Chargers but we weren't terrible. Ekeler is damn good himself, but you have to focus on him in
the passing game cause he is so versatile. These first two games may be bigger competition than we led ourselves to believe.
