We play in the afc north

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(11-16-2020, 09:13 AM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Thank you.  You mentioned the one criterion for solid play in the AFC North I completely forgot: Flexibility.  The Bengals defended against the run fairly well yesterday so what did the Steelers' offensive coordinator do?  He called lots of play action passes because he knew the Cincinnati linebackers would bite hard.  Germaine Pratt and Josh Bynes were looking for the run yesterday and, combined with loose secondary play, the Bengals got gashed with short to medium length passes.

Zac was the opposite.  The Bengals were running better than usual so he had Joe Burrow throw deep.  Stupid.  Absolutely freaking stupid.

I swear there are times I think they are intentionally trying to lose.  And I have thought this in more than one game.  Some of their decisions are so puzzling that the only thing I can think to do other than accuse them of tanking is that they are out-thinking themselves and doing incredible dumb things thinking "they NEVER will think we will do this".  I don't know.  I saw some poor execution and flat play many times under Marvin, but I never looked and thought they were trying to lose games.