12-30-2019, 07:17 PM
I like the optimism, but where the heck do you get excellent front 7 from?? We have a few good lineman and our linebackers are absolutely terrible.. I would not even remotely call that excellent.
A Sleeping Giant
|
12-30-2019, 07:17 PM
I like the optimism, but where the heck do you get excellent front 7 from?? We have a few good lineman and our linebackers are absolutely terrible.. I would not even remotely call that excellent.
12-30-2019, 07:36 PM
(12-30-2019, 10:51 AM)kevin Wrote: and better players. They don't have the players to execute plays no matter who the coaches are. Oh, they beat the 6-10 Browns. If they had played a play-off team they would have got their teeth kicked. The 2-14 record is for real and 2018 was pretty awful also. On defense,most of the secondary needs to be gone and gone,Keep Shawn Williams and maybe number 30 and Darius Phillips,cut the rest.I am not sure of the D-line a lot of players are just not good enough.On Offense, the O-line needs a lot of work,we need dominate linemen,you tell me,Linebackers,please cut Virgil number 59 and get Praitt some help.And I am very displease with John Ross,another 1st rounder that is just awlful on the field,his speed is not what it was at the combine and he has horrible hands and is just awlful.He either dropped or missed 6 passes thrown to him and if he had caught those we would have scored 46 points. That is how much offense he left on the field,You cannot have that.Period. I know I left out some that need to go and oh yes B.W.Webb is just horrible,cut him tomorrow.
12-30-2019, 07:45 PM
I guess we're all vulnerable to the effects of the dead cat bounce.
Buy your season tickets while you still can!
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
12-30-2019, 07:46 PM
(12-30-2019, 09:11 AM)Devils Advocate Wrote: Admittedly, I’m always overly optimistic about every season, but this feels different to me. The biggest question mark being the coaching, however I believe they will and should all return. I’m with cutting Dre for philips but if u do that imo u have to resign Dennard
12-30-2019, 08:01 PM
(12-30-2019, 09:11 AM)Devils Advocate Wrote: Admittedly, I’m always overly optimistic about every season, but this feels different to me. The biggest question mark being the coaching, however I believe they will and should all return. The defense, over the past 6 weeks only went up against 1 winning team (New England). It got the snot kicked out of by Miami, a team that was winless half way through the season and which traded away its best players. Yes, the defense looked better, but the team decided to run Mixon more as well, which shortens the possessions of the other team. You have to take the season as a whole to grade the team, and it grades out at the bottom of the NFL, as indicated by its record. There's no magic goodness from this season that's going to spring up to make it all good. The LBers aren't good, as indicated by their lack of tackles and the secondary having to cover up for this. Dunlap plays great against OTs he can beat, but he does disappear too often. To go to a 3-4 they'd need 3 new LBers or maybe Hubbard would be an outside LB. Dunlap is a 4-3 DE all the way. Atkins would be a DE in a 3-4 scheme. I'm not saying everything is hopeless and bad, but when you are dead last, a great deal needs fixing in the off-season. They went backwards this year, but the team doesn't seem to see it, even though basically everyone else does.
12-30-2019, 08:45 PM
C'mon, guys! What's with all the negativity? We pushed the Clowns around yesterday. True, we lost to the Pats two weeks ago, but we also beat the Jets back on December 1. Add that all up and what have you got? A .667 win percentage at home during the last month. Meaning, we OWNED the month of December at home! Just like championship-caliber teams do! Now, we just gotta own the other three months at home. And, half the months on the road. Easy peasy!
Today, the Clowns. Tomorrow, the world!
12-30-2019, 09:54 PM
(12-30-2019, 08:45 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: C'mon, guys! What's with all the negativity? We pushed the Clowns around yesterday. True, we lost to the Pats two weeks ago, but we also beat the Jets back on December 1. Add that all up and what have you got? A .667 win percentage at home during the last month. Meaning, we OWNED the month of December at home! Just like championship-caliber teams do! Now, we just gotta own the other three months at home. And, half the months on the road. Easy peasy! #finishstrong #deadcatbounce
I'm gonna break every record they've got. I'm tellin' you right now. I don't know how I'm gonna do it, but it's goin' to get done.
- Ja'Marr Chase April 2021
12-30-2019, 11:09 PM
(12-30-2019, 03:38 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Bingo !You mean like Seattle who beat us by one point? Gotcha!!
12-30-2019, 11:24 PM
(12-30-2019, 08:01 PM)BengalChris Wrote: The defense, over the past 6 weeks only went up against 1 winning team (New England). It got the snot kicked out of by Miami, a team that was winless half way through the season and which traded away its best players. Points allowed over the last 4 weeks: 27 34 38 23 Guess I'm not seeing the massive improvement, either. The defense had a good 3 week stretch against the Raiders, Jets and a decimated Steelers team. Other than that, we were pretty gross all year. No other games where we allowed less than 21 points.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
12-30-2019, 11:30 PM
(12-30-2019, 02:48 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Because they played the Ravens and the Steelers, who both beat them twice.Where did you go to school ? I'm old but if the Bengals played eight games in the first half of the season and none of their opponents that half of the season subtracted the Bengals record just how in the wahoo does that Make a ten game difference? In the second half they would only subtract six games instead of seven. Numbers mean something . Don't abuse them or you will get called out.
12-30-2019, 11:33 PM
(12-30-2019, 09:11 AM)Devils Advocate Wrote: Admittedly, I’m always overly optimistic about every season, but this feels different to me. The biggest question mark being the coaching, however I believe they will and should all return. Well, need to use Free Agency to its potential and add a RT, and decent covering and tackling LB then add Joe Burrow. If we do this and Zac Taylor grows as a HC you could be right and it is the way I have to think as well. Need a new DC and just have Zac coach and not be the play caller is also something that must happen. New DC, OC, RT, LB'ers (have to have a lot of them in a 3-4), Burrow and a great Draft. Lot of needs there, but it can happen.
12-30-2019, 11:39 PM
(12-30-2019, 07:17 PM)TheUberHuber Wrote: I like the optimism, but where the heck do you get excellent front 7 from?? We have a few good lineman and our linebackers are absolutely terrible.. I would not even remotely call that excellent. Yeah LB's are the worst in the league at going from sideline to sideline besides Pratt. Need to add at least 3 good ones to go to a 3-4 and a new DC and LB coach. Need this optimism though, been a hard year.
12-30-2019, 11:54 PM
(12-30-2019, 07:45 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I guess we're all vulnerable to the effects of the dead cat bounce. 1 game winning streaks to end the year mesmerize people.
Check out the following blogs:
https://plackersinthewild.blogspot.com/ https://mygottareadbooks.blogspot.com/ http://questoffitness.blogspot.com/ Try Audible for 30 days and get 2 free Audio Books: https://amzn.to/2WpeWc4
12-30-2019, 11:56 PM
(12-30-2019, 07:46 PM)SadFaceBengal15 Wrote: I’m with cutting Dre for philips but if u do that imo u have to resign Dennard Cutting guys to gain cap space is generally a faulty premise with the Bengals as they likely wouldnt add a guy of Kirkpatricks caliber.
Check out the following blogs:
https://plackersinthewild.blogspot.com/ https://mygottareadbooks.blogspot.com/ http://questoffitness.blogspot.com/ Try Audible for 30 days and get 2 free Audio Books: https://amzn.to/2WpeWc4
12-30-2019, 11:58 PM
(12-30-2019, 11:54 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: 1 game winning streaks to end the year mesmerize people. People just want to be positive about the team. I get it, but I just can't buy into another dead cat bounce = we'll get 'em next season. We need a lot of moves from a motivated front office. When I see that, you'll get my optimism.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
12-31-2019, 12:05 AM
(12-30-2019, 11:58 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: People just want to be positive about the team. I get it, but I just can't buy into another dead cat bounce = we'll get 'em next season. This was a minimal bounce. I think people think with Burrow that hes going to hit the ground running and putting up video game numbers Day 1. Hes going to need coached...and NFL speed is faster and defenses trickier. He has a ton of potential, but coaching matters.
Check out the following blogs:
https://plackersinthewild.blogspot.com/ https://mygottareadbooks.blogspot.com/ http://questoffitness.blogspot.com/ Try Audible for 30 days and get 2 free Audio Books: https://amzn.to/2WpeWc4
12-31-2019, 12:09 AM
(12-30-2019, 11:58 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: People just want to be positive about the team. I get it, but I just can't buy into another dead cat bounce = we'll get 'em next season. (12-31-2019, 12:05 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: This was a minimal bounce. Completely agree, just trying to be optimistic is all. That is probably the best QB in College I have ever watched play this season, so that sure does help a lot for me. But damn, the coaching this season besides Turner and Eason has been pretty damn terrible. Not easy for any talent to elevate, even if it is Joe frickin' Burrow.
12-31-2019, 12:16 AM
(12-31-2019, 12:09 AM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Completely agree, just trying to be optimistic is all. That is probably the best QB in College I have ever watched play this Burrow looks like a fantastic prospect and I'm thrilled to get him. I just worry the Bengals are going to ruin him. Palmer was amazing at USC in 2002. Had a similar rise like Burrow. We all saw what happened.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
12-31-2019, 01:15 AM
(12-31-2019, 12:16 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Burrow looks like a fantastic prospect and I'm thrilled to get him. I just worry the Bengals are going to ruin him. Palmer was amazing at USC in 2002. Had a similar rise like Burrow. We all saw what happened. And Lewis was a better and more experienced coach. Burrow needed great coaching to make this ride in college.
Check out the following blogs:
https://plackersinthewild.blogspot.com/ https://mygottareadbooks.blogspot.com/ http://questoffitness.blogspot.com/ Try Audible for 30 days and get 2 free Audio Books: https://amzn.to/2WpeWc4
12-31-2019, 02:01 AM
(12-30-2019, 11:58 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: People just want to be positive about the team. I get it, but I just can't buy into another dead cat bounce = we'll get 'em next season. Yeah, this front office is about as ho-hum as they come. Waiver wire pickups just aren't going to inspire me. LBer and OL continue to be sore points despite numerous draft picks being spent on them, and with AJ likely gone there's another hole to fill with no one the roster ready to step up. Maybe they'll re-sign Green, but it just seems more likely that someone else with more to offer is going to step up and take AJ. |
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
|