Congrats to Joe Buurow AFC Player of the Month

[*pally*]

The best offensive player for the month of November. Their lowest points total was 34. He accounted for 15 touchdowns. And they went 1-3.

I'm sure he would be the first to say it was a bittersweet award

[reuben.ahmed]

And no changes on any coaching staff. This means they blame the players.

Didn't bench Pratt for the hilariously terrible interview answers on tackling, Lou should be fired just for not benching him (or letting him go).
Zac didn't make either of those happen also, he should be fired for that. 

People have been fired for less, I'm sure. Bengals just wasting Burrow away as if we have a million seasons left with him.

Maybe letting Lou go now is not the right time, but benching Pratt would at least communicate message that our captain is no more.

[HarleyDog]

(12-05-2024, 04:11 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: And no changes on any coaching staff. This means they blame the players.

Didn't bench Pratt for the hilariously terrible interview answers on tackling, Lou should be fired just for not benching him (or letting him go).
Zac didn't make either of those happen also, he should be fired for that. 

People have been fired for less, I'm sure. Bengals just wasting Burrow away as if we have a million seasons left with him.

Maybe letting Lou go now is not the right time, but benching Pratt would at least communicate message that our captain is no more.

What did Pratt say?

[reuben.ahmed]

(12-05-2024, 04:15 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: What did Pratt say?

They asked him about the tackling issues in the Steelers game (where we let Fields get outside, where 99% chance he needed to be spied), but I think they also missed 14-16 tackles that game.

His answers to questions about tackling or giving up 514 yards, seemed related to tackling, was "they were just quick passes. quick quick." he didn't think there was any problem with tackling. I think a reporter asked well how do you combat or defend that (quick passes), he seemed to have no answer. It's clear the Bengals have a tackling problem. 

My brother in law said the eagles (who he follows) did away with the tackling dummies in practice and use real people in pads. Literally if we tackled just a little better I think we are .500 (6-6) or better.

I think a poster here saw Pratt miss 3 tackles on a single play, lol.

There is a better audio version of this, sorry can't find it:




We know Burrow is putting up historic numbers offensively, our defense is atrocious and I'd guess is the reason for at least 7 of our 8 losses. I have no stats to back up that statement, just a gut guess lol. Like we could see they didn't know how to tackle from the first game, I think this was happening last year too.

I don't know how professionals forget how to tackle, but also be out of position, if Lou can't fix either, I don't know why he's employed.