11-08-2021, 02:19 PM
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A little perspective....
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11-08-2021, 02:19 PM
(11-08-2021, 01:58 PM)TJ528 Wrote: No I completely agree with you. There's a lot of season left. The next 2 weeks, the bye and the Raiders will tell you a lot about this team. Yeah, and if that happens, especially after having had TWO weeks to prepare, then it's 'Katy bar the door,' as the old-timers used to say. We'll be everyone's homecoming team the rest of the way. Three wins on the back eight would be fortunate, and we can start looking for the dreaded dead cat bounce.
11-08-2021, 02:21 PM
(11-08-2021, 02:19 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: Yeah, and if that happens, especially after having had TWO weeks to prepare, then it's 'Katy bar the door,' as the old-timers used to say. We'll be everyone's homecoming team the rest of the way. Three wins on the back eight would be fortunate, and we can start looking for the dreaded dead cat bounce. The Raiders game is the turning point for this season. They win that game in Las Vegas and i think they can finish 9-8 or maybe 10-7 because it'll give them confidence. If they lose to the Raiders, and their on a 3 game losing streak, I think it's only down hill from there and then the finger pointing starts.
11-08-2021, 02:23 PM
11-08-2021, 02:23 PM
(11-08-2021, 11:48 AM)Sled21 Wrote: I absolutely hated yesterday's blowout loss. I a starting to dislike Mayfield as much as I despise Fat Jen. Uncharacteristic game from Chase and Burrow. That said, let's put this season so far in a little perspective. Many people had the Bengals going 4-6 wins tops at the beginning of this season. Yet here we are at the bye, 9 games into the season and we already are sitting on 5 wins, with 8 games left to play. As for the rest of the division, both Cleveland and Baltimore were touted as legit Super Bowl contenders this year coming into the season. And as much as we covet Pissburgh's decline, everyone always says "can't count Pissburgh out", right? You guys must see rainbows, when you see a pile of dog shit laying somewhere...
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11-08-2021, 02:25 PM
At this point, I'm entering every single game expecting us to lose and hoping they surprise me.
I fell into the trap of "expecting" to beat the Jets and that bit me. I was not willing to "expect" we beat the Browns and I was right that time, but still shocked how badly we lost. I will just re-iterate what I said in the Browns prediction thread: Quote:We've seen our team hit extreme highs like beating the tar out of the Steelers and Ravens, something very few people would predict. We've also seen our team hit extraordinary lows, like losing to the Jets, Bears and almost the Jaguars. And I'll just leave it at that. Every game will be a coin flip. I will renew my cynicism about Zac Taylor though. He tricked me with that Baltimore win. But no more. You are what your record says you are and, right now, Zac Taylor is a 0.280 winning percentage head coach (11-29-1). Even if he ends the season with 10 wins on the season, making him 16-32-1 (.327), I would expect us to let him go and find a new coach. At this point, the only thing that I think should save his job is a deep playoff run. And I just don't see that happening at this point.
11-08-2021, 02:26 PM
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11-08-2021, 02:31 PM
(11-08-2021, 02:16 PM)jason Wrote: I'd fell better if they didn't lose back to back games in the same manner... Getting ran the hell over. Agreed. You space these losses out and make it not leading into a bye week and it feels a little different. I’m just hoping hitting the reset button puts us back on track.
11-08-2021, 02:32 PM
(11-08-2021, 02:30 PM)Mickeypoo Wrote: Maybe they know Romo? That guy was giving the Bengals a chance to win the game with 30 left. lmao! That's what I like about him, the enthusiasm. He just seems to be having so much fun doing his job, and that shows through.
11-08-2021, 02:33 PM
(11-08-2021, 01:19 PM)motoarch Wrote: I usually don't let a couple losses get me too down and try not over react but these last 2 in a row are making it really tough. I posted the other teams schedules because their record directly affects us. And at least 1 wild card is coming from the division imo.
11-08-2021, 02:34 PM
11-08-2021, 02:34 PM
Here's some perspective... Eli Apple is awful, but according to PFF, out of the 116 qualified CBs, there's actually 1 somehow worse than him. He's not the worst!
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11-08-2021, 02:36 PM
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11-08-2021, 02:39 PM
(11-08-2021, 02:34 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Here's some perspective... Eli Apple is awful, but according to PFF, out of the 116 qualified CBs, there's actually 1 somehow worse than him. He's not the worst! I assume this is why we picked up Hargraeves. Luckily, he now has the bye week to learn the defense
11-08-2021, 02:41 PM
(11-08-2021, 02:25 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: At this point, I'm entering every single game expecting us to lose and hoping they surprise me. Unfortunately, we all know there is no way on God's green Earth that MB fires a 9-10 win coach. If Zac wins 9 or 10 a year he is the next Marvin Lewis. Better buckle up if he wins 9 or 10 this year.
11-08-2021, 02:48 PM
(11-08-2021, 02:30 PM)Mickeypoo Wrote: Maybe they know Romo? That guy was giving the Bengals a chance to win the game with 30 left. lmao! Romo is the best analyst on tv... Love how he is calling stuff out in the defense and just going the extra mile with stuff. His personality is likeable too. I wish Kevin Harlan was with him though, Nantz an His hello friends BS suck...
11-08-2021, 02:49 PM
(11-08-2021, 02:30 PM)Mickeypoo Wrote: Maybe they know Romo? That guy was giving the Bengals a chance to win the game with 30 left. lmao! & Romo stated the Bengals are a well coached team. Talk about empty analysis rooted in BS.
11-08-2021, 02:50 PM
(11-08-2021, 02:41 PM)Mickeypoo Wrote: Unfortunately, we all know there is now way on God's green Earth that MB fires a 9-10 win coach. If Zac wins 9 or 10 a year he is the next Marvin Lewis. Better buckle up if he wins 9 or 10 this year. It just doesn't make sense why though. Like, they hired Zac Taylor because no one wanted this job. They called some veteran coaches and they didn't even want to talk to the Bengals, let alone interview or consider the job. They had to go all the way down to a freaking QB coach to find someone willing to helm this team. The team that Lewis left had almost no talent left, they didn't have a premium pick in the following draft and the QB was stuck at Dalton for at least another 1 to 2 years. With a bad owner, this was the most unattractive head coaching role in the entire NFL in 2019. Now, we have one of the most talented young offenses in the NFL (the shell of it, at least), a potential super star QB, three really, really good WRs, a good RB locked up long term and a few good pieces on the offensive line. And the defense, for all its faults, has some talent on it as well. This would be a premier coaching position if we opened it up in 2022. We could get the cream of the crop coaching candidates, rather than having to settle for a guy like Zac Taylor. I feel like getting 9 or 10 wins and then firing ZT is the absolute best case scenario. It's what the Chargers did, after all. I want to follow their trajectory.
11-08-2021, 02:52 PM
(11-08-2021, 02:17 PM)Mickeypoo Wrote: Does anyone know the Bengals record the game after the bye week under MB? (11-08-2021, 02:19 PM)TJ528 Wrote: or better yet do we know the Bengals record the game after the bye week for Zac Taylor? :) (11-02-2021, 12:25 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Bengals are 3-7 after the bye in the last 10 years. 5-14-1 in the last 20 years. They've lost the last 5 in a row. They play at the Raiders coming off the bye this year. "The measure of a man's intelligence can be seen in the length of his argument."
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