1 hour ago, Breds82 said:

Will this finally force the hands of management and invest in some actually good reliable offensive linemen? Joe Borrow has to dance way too often every game since his rookie year. And Maybe revisit playing the starters more than one half in the pre-season. This having to catch up after slow starts thing is insanely dumb.

I thought that investment had already been made.

 

And I totally agree with the second point.  Play at least a quarter in preseason game 3 and a half in game 4.  At some point in time you have to have a nice sample size when replicating regular-season game conditions..

11 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

Sadly agree.

 

With that said, Burrow has a chip on his shoulder until he gets a Superbowl.

 

Boyd still kills me, such a great play followed by such a great failure.  

I will say again, tough catch. Yes, Boyd should have caught it but Joe threw the ball behind him. Joe was not Joe today.

I will add this. For Zac and Callahan to supposedly be offensive gurus, our offense lacks creativity.

18 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

I will add this. For Zac and Callahan to supposedly be offensive gurus, our offense lacks creativity.

I've been saying that for years. Burrow carries this team. Taylor seems like a great leader and culture guy, but the X's and O's seem to be difficult for this coaching staff. 

 

1 hour ago, Breds82 said:

Will this finally force the hands of management and invest in some actually good reliable offensive linemen? Joe Borrow has to dance way too often every game since his rookie year. And Maybe revisit playing the starters more than one half in the pre-season. This having to catch up after slow starts thing is insanely dumb.

Why would this game after the last 3 years be the one that changes things? Many more games much worse than this in regards to pass pro. Which three of the starters on the Oline are guys they went out and paid in free agency in Brown, Cappa, and Karas. Used a first round pick on Jonah Williams, then another draft pick on Volson. Also a second round pick on another backup lineman. So the narrative that they haven’t tried to invest in the line is false. With that said the big question should be will they make a necessary change with the Oline coach, since they have invested in the line and it still isn’t great. 

42 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

I will add this. For Zac and Callahan to supposedly be offensive gurus, our offense lacks creativity.

This! Which drives me crazy! Very rarely do they seem to scheme guys open, it’s more just guys having to win on their routes. If they don’t, then nothing is there. 
 

I’m not sure who the Texans OC is. However, as great as Stroud looked today. I was even more impressed with the OC of the Texans. He routinely kept calling plays that kept confusing the Bengals secondary and getting guys wide open down the field for big chunk plays. 

1 hour ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Didn’t deserve then ended up absolutely giving it away

Throw Zac into give away too, QB draw on 2nd and goal from the 14!!!???!!!??

I seriously doubt Taylor has called any of the actual QB draws that Burrow has ran. Usually those QB draws is all Burrow checking to that based off a look he may like. So I would bet that draw call was all Burrow on that one. 

53 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

I will say again, tough catch. Yes, Boyd should have caught it but Joe threw the ball behind him. Joe was not Joe today.

Joe definitely had a rough 4th quarter and had some poor throws and stupid decisions. However, I don’t think that was a tough catch at all. He just simply dropped it. 

16 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

Joe definitely had a rough 4th quarter and had some poor throws and stupid decisions. However, I don’t think that was a tough catch at all. He just simply dropped it. 

Agreed. Tyler catches that ball and the Bengals win a game in which they were outplayed pretty badly. On to Baltimore. 

26 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

Joe definitely had a rough 4th quarter and had some poor throws and stupid decisions. However, I don’t think that was a tough catch at all. He just simply dropped it. 

The rough quarter was due to the fact that he had to force things that weren't there. 2nd Quarter Burrow isn't throwing the ball in that tight of coverage. Boyd has killed us with drops. This isn't the first game this has happened. Anyone remember the Chiefs game last year when he dropped a wide open TD with no one anywhere near him?

5 hours ago, theguru said:

We definitely deserved to lose that game.

Deserved to lose, but should have won.   Played terrible, but a Boyd drop away from a win.   No time to dwell.   A ticked off Ravens team in town Thursday.

6 minutes ago, Tranquility Base said:

Deserved to lose, but should have won.   Played terrible, but a Boyd drop away from a win.   No time to dwell.   A ticked off Ravens team in town Thursday.

Agree on all points TB. 

On to the Ravens.

Who Dey!!

4 hours ago, futurecoach said:

This! Which drives me crazy! Very rarely do they seem to scheme guys open, it’s more just guys having to win on their routes. If they don’t, then nothing is there. 
 

I’m not sure who the Texans OC is. However, as great as Stroud looked today. I was even more impressed with the OC of the Texans. He routinely kept calling plays that kept confusing the Bengals secondary and getting guys wide open down the field for big chunk plays. 

That is EXACTLY their approach, we’re better than you, go win

4 hours ago, futurecoach said:

I seriously doubt Taylor has called any of the actual QB draws that Burrow has ran. Usually those QB draws is all Burrow checking to that based off a look he may like. So I would bet that draw call was all Burrow on that one. 

Heard Burrow say they had 2-3 play options on that one and QB draw was one of them, dumb on Zac’s part to have that option AND dumb on Burrow’s part to check to that from that down and distance 

3 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Heard Burrow say they had 2-3 play options on that one and QB draw was one of them, dumb on Zac’s part to have that option AND dumb on Burrow’s part to check to that from that down and distance 

As a coach you trust your franchise QB to make the right call. I’m sure you have had no problem with it, when it has worked. Honestly every single time they go empty, the QB draw is probably one of the plays always available for Burrow to check to if they don’t have anyone really any the box. Which the Texans didn’t there, and baited Burrow into it. I am not a fan of Taylor as a play caller, but that draw decision is 100% on Burrow.