2 hours ago, spindoc said:

So the highest paid QB in the land has looked pedestrian. Half the Ravens inactive. Zero sacks for the D. So who will the Bengals fans blame?

Who have they blamed in the past? 

12 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

 

The only thing that really feels different to me is having to be worried about Burrow’s health. Last year the bengals offense looked horrible the first two weeks, and Burrow even threw like 5 interceptions in first two games. So I'm still not to worried overall besides Burrow’s health. I still hate digging a hole again to start the year though. 
 

I said this last week and it remains true today. The Bengals coaches have shown to be great reactionary coaches. Meaning they are great at being about to scout and pick up tendencies, when they have plenty of film on teams. What the Bengals coaches seem to struggle as IMO is knowing how to attack a team they don’t know much about. They have always been more of a reactionary team than a team that enforces their will on a team. Last week they faced the Browns with a new DC, and so they had little film to go off of. So they don’t know how to attack things when they don’t know. Just like today for the defense, only one game of film on the Ravens new offense with their new OC. So they struggled knowing how to stop the new things the Ravens do. 
 

I think that is why the Bengals always play so well after the halfway point in a season. Once they have plenty of tape on teams, these coaches do excel at picking up tendencies and knowing how to attack after they have enough film. 

Great post and on target. Same thing goes for the Bengals under this coaching staff being a great second half team. They figure out what adjustments to make and get it done in the second half.

3 hours ago, spindoc said:

So the highest paid QB in the land has looked pedestrian. Half the Ravens inactive. Zero sacks for the D. So who will the Bengals fans blame?

Marvin Lewis.

Since the AFL/NFL merger, only 9.5% of teams that have started 0-2 have made the playoffs.  What are the odds that the Bengals do so two years in a row?  

1 hour ago, Voice of Reason said:

Who have they blamed in the past? 

Mike Brown, Andy Dalton, Marvin Lewis

 

actually I only made the comment for the resident Steeler basher. Literally had nothing to do with the past. 

15 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

Marvin Lewis.

Great minds

20 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Since the AFL/NFL merger, only 9.5% of teams that have started 0-2 have made the playoffs.  What are the odds that the Bengals do so two years in a row?  

Unfortunately, not looking very good right now

12 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Unfortunately, not looking very good right now

Not that I actually like this but I agree. And yes I know that they had an early rough start last year, but this does seem like a different type of bad that we discussed earlier. 

28 minutes ago, spindoc said:

Great minds

My man. 

5 minutes ago, hrcarrier said:

Not that I actually like this but I agree. And yes I know that they had an early rough start last year, but this does seem like a different type of bad that we discussed earlier. 

In the moment last year after the 0 and 2 start plenty of people were freaking out and thinking the Super Bowl run the year before was just a fluke. This mainly seems different because it is now in this moment, and we got to see how they turned it around last year. The biggest concern for me about this year is just the health of Burrow. 

42 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Since the AFL/NFL merger, only 9.5% of teams that have started 0-2 have made the playoffs.  What are the odds that the Bengals do so two years in a row?  

One of the good things about that stat is that there is now an additional game to the regular season and also extra team also makes the playoffs. So the 0 and 2 start isn’t as bad as it use to be. 

I wonder on which play that Burrow tweaked his ankle.  I don't hear about it after the game, but there were a couple plays late in the 4th quarter where he rolled to his right away from the rush which reminded me of the play where he originally got hurt in training camp.

This is worth a watch.

 

6 minutes ago, theguru said:

This is worth a watch.

 

That was a better hit than our defense had today!!

53 minutes ago, nkypete said:

I wonder on which play that Burrow tweaked his ankle.  I don't hear about it after the game, but there were a couple plays late in the 4th quarter where he rolled to his right away from the rush which reminded me of the play where he originally got hurt in training camp.

The last offensive play where threw a TD pass to Higgins.