Bengals 17 Seahawks 13

[16thBBall Fan]

Final. Thank goodness for the defense. After the first two drive the offense was terrible. 

[theguru]

Way to go defense.  Off to the bye week to get healthy and then it is either make or break for the 2023 Bengals. 

Who Dey!!

[16thBBall Fan]

Put a gold star beside this one for the D, absolutely CARRIED US!!

[StraightShooter]

The ugliest 3-3 record possible but a win is a win. Seattle is a good football team, so that means the Bengals are a  good team, too. We haven’t played like it consistently. Two excellent opening drives and then our offense was offensive - lol!

[hrcarrier]

Defense was awesome today, they lost without it. Big win with the coming schedule.

[sportsfan41]

Weird game, but pulled out the W.

[theguru]

Just now, sportsfan41 said:

Weird game, but pulled out the W.

Good thing they don't ask how, just how many.

[StraightShooter]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see us play our best game of the year vs the Niners, and an upset is not impossible.

[Breds82]

Pete Carrol again over thinking helps the Bengals. Instead of FG t make it 17-16, and your defense absolutely shutting the Bengals down, they go for it on 4th down and can convert. My brother in law said in real time they should kick the FG. Thank goodness the Defense is awesome.

[futurecoach]

A nice ugly win. The offense and Joe Burrow was bad in the second half. Burrow was simply off this game in the second half and consistently kept throwing behind some open receivers. With that said for the second week in a row his mobility looked much better. So hopefully now with the bye week, he can come back and be completely 100% the rest of the year. 

[theguru]

29 minutes ago, Breds82 said:

Pete Carrol again over thinking helps the Bengals. Instead of FG t make it 17-16, and your defense absolutely shutting the Bengals down, they go for it on 4th down and can convert. My brother in law said in real time they should kick the FG. Thank goodness the Defense is awesome.

I was thinking a FG was the better option for Seattle there but I totally understand going for it too.

[futurecoach]

I have seen a lot of people upset on twitter and Facebook with the last Bengals drive and passing the ball. I had zero problem with it though. 
 

With the two minute warning, it wouldn’t matter if the first pass was incomplete because the clock stops no matter what. Second down they ran it and made them use a timeout. Now third down,  if you get the first down the game is over and you win. I watched Marvin Lewis in those situations always play it safe and run the ball and allow the other team to get the ball back to possibly go win it. I like being aggressive and trusting your franchise QB and trying to win the game right then, even in a game when he is off. Then if you don’t get it, you trust your defense to make a play and keep them out of the end zone. Sometimes it may backfire, but I know I am always in favor of being aggressive and trying to win the game right then and there. Which I’m sure I am in the minority on that lol

[theguru]

4 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

I have seen a lot of people upset on twitter and Facebook with the last Bengals drive and passing the ball. I had zero problem with it though. 
 

With the two minute warning, it wouldn’t matter if the first pass was incomplete because the clock stops no matter what. Second down they ran it and made them use a timeout. Now third down,  if you get the first down the game is over and you win. I watched Marvin Lewis in those situations always play it safe and run the ball and allow the other team to get the ball back to possibly go win it. I like being aggressive and trusting your franchise QB and trying to win the game right then, even in a game when he is off. Then if you don’t get it, you trust your defense to make a play and keep them out of the end zone. Sometimes it may backfire, but I know I am always in favor of being aggressive and trying to win the game right then and there. Which I’m sure I am in the minority on that lol

Same on aggression most of the time. 

[DanvilleFan]

56 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

I have seen a lot of people upset on twitter and Facebook with the last Bengals drive and passing the ball. I had zero problem with it though. 
 

With the two minute warning, it wouldn’t matter if the first pass was incomplete because the clock stops no matter what. Second down they ran it and made them use a timeout. Now third down,  if you get the first down the game is over and you win. I watched Marvin Lewis in those situations always play it safe and run the ball and allow the other team to get the ball back to possibly go win it. I like being aggressive and trusting your franchise QB and trying to win the game right then, even in a game when he is off. Then if you don’t get it, you trust your defense to make a play and keep them out of the end zone. Sometimes it may backfire, but I know I am always in favor of being aggressive and trying to win the game right then and there. Which I’m sure I am in the minority on that lol

I wasn't a fan of the playcalling only because a 1st down gives you the win.  I get the idea of passing it but making long bombs on 2 of those 3 plays?  That's where I have a problem.  Also, I think you have to force Seattle to burn their timeouts there and not have one in their back pocket when they are making a drive.  I don't think you have to get tight and run HB Dive three straight plays, but I also think you can get too aggressive there and leave too much time for the other team to beat you, while also not giving yourself a good chance to get the 1 first down you need to win.

But the Bengals won and that's all that matters.

[theguru]

The Boone County, KY Sheriff's Department Honor Guard presented colors at the game today.