I think that Patriots loss in week 1 might be the loss that keeps the Bengals out of a playoff spot.

From Who Dey Nation on Facebook:

BURROW’S STATS THIS YEAR  
1370 yards 
12 touchdowns
2 INT
113.6 passer rating 
72.3% passing completion rate
If any of yall are blaming Burrow for 1-4 you don’t know football. He honestly couldn’t be playing any better. He’s on MVP track. Our DEFENSE once again can’t make any stops. We shouldn’t have a losing record with a QB like Joe Burrow.

2 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

Let the hate flow through you my guy. LOL

There's no hate, just giving a critique from what I've noticed.

1 hour ago, futurecoach said:

Same here. Literally two plays away from being 3 and 2 right now. With the DPI against the Chiefs and then the kick today. However, they better find away to start making the winning plays at the end of games or else it won’t get better. 

Agree, 4 plays away from being 5-0

Agree again, gotta turn it loose guys for 60 minutes (or sometimes longer)

RAVENS radio was questioning how conservative we got, hope Joe and Zac were listening!!!  Read where Joe audibled out of a pass on 1st down 

1 hour ago, futurecoach said:

I would like to see the Bengals do something they never do, and that is try to make a mid season trade to try to save this season. With Adams and Crosby apparently wanting out of Vegas. I try to make a 3 team trade happen. Where the Bengals trade Higgins and probably a higher draft pick, and end up with Crosby in return. I know that probably would never happen, but it’s a move like that I would love to see the Bengals try to make. You’re losing Higgins no matter what after this year, might as well get a pass rusher that would be under contract for two more years after this to pair with Hendrickson. 

Me also, give the Raiders picks, a 2 and a 5 or something for Crosby, we screw the picks up all the time anyway 

44 minutes ago, theguru said:

From Who Dey Nation on Facebook:

BURROW’S STATS THIS YEAR  
1370 yards 
12 touchdowns
2 INT
113.6 passer rating 
72.3% passing completion rate
If any of yall are blaming Burrow for 1-4 you don’t know football. He honestly couldn’t be playing any better. He’s on MVP track. Our DEFENSE once again can’t make any stops. We shouldn’t have a losing record with a QB like Joe Burrow.

Agree, except for the 1st game he’s played really well, D is so bad every time he makes a mistake it gets magnified, if our D had just been decent, not good, just decent we’d be 4-1

2 hours ago, futurecoach said:

I would like to see the Bengals do something they never do, and that is try to make a mid season trade to try to save this season. With Adams and Crosby apparently wanting out of Vegas. I try to make a 3 team trade happen. Where the Bengals trade Higgins and probably a higher draft pick, and end up with Crosby in return. I know that probably would never happen, but it’s a move like that I would love to see the Bengals try to make. You’re losing Higgins no matter what after this year, might as well get a pass rusher that would be under contract for two more years after this to pair with Hendrickson. 

I would trade Higgins for Crosby. What is Crosby's contract situation?

57 minutes ago, theguru said:

From Who Dey Nation on Facebook:

BURROW’S STATS THIS YEAR  
1370 yards 
12 touchdowns
2 INT
113.6 passer rating 
72.3% passing completion rate
If any of yall are blaming Burrow for 1-4 you don’t know football. He honestly couldn’t be playing any better. He’s on MVP track. Our DEFENSE once again can’t make any stops. We shouldn’t have a losing record with a QB like Joe Burrow.

Awesome. But in 3 of the 4 losses Burrow had the ball at the end with a chance to secure a win and fell short. 

One of my Facebook friends posted this:

Top 5 Let Downs in my Bengal history

Number 5 - Super Bowl 23 January 1989 the Bengals kick a FG to go up 3 with 3 min left to glory only to watch Joe Montana make John Candy jokes as he led his team on a 92 yard drive culminating in a game winning TD pass to seal the game for the 49ers.  Fan Fave Tim Krumrie was lost to injury 14 plays in to the game.  49ers 20 Bengals 16

Number 4A - Christmas Eve 2006 - Carson led the Bengals on a 90 yard TD drive so all they needed to go to OT was to hit an extra point.  The exchange on the Extra point failed handing the Broncos the win and keeping the Bengals from clinching a playoff spot.  Denver 24 Bengals 23.  The next week the Bengals...well lets just call the next game 4B.

Number 4B - New Years Eve 2006 - The Bengals lose in OT as Rothlesburger connects with Santonio Holmes for a 67 yard TD handing them their 3rd straight loss and eliminating the Bengals from the playoffs.  Steelers 23 Bengals 17

Number 3 - January 2014 Wildcard game in Cincinnati: the underdog Chargers come in 9-7 while the Bengals were 11-5 (8-0!!).  I take my 11 year old son to the game and we watch Andy Dalton throw 3 picks and keep the no playoff win streak alive!  Chargers 27 Bengals 10

Number 2 - Super Bowl 16, January 1982: The Bengals cant score from the 49er 3 .  The sequence: Hand of to Pete Johnson for 2 yards.  hand off to Pete Johnson, no gain.  Swing to Charles Johnson.  No Gain.  Handoff to Pete Johnson who was, as some would describe it, tackled by the entire 49er D Line.  The Bengals also turned it over 3 times to the 49er 1.  49ers 26 Bengals 21

Number 1 - The playoff game in Cincy vs. Steelers in January of 2016 that featured on 4th down and game on an uncatchable ball, Vontaze knocked out Antonio Brown and before the next play, Pacman got his own flag.  The result: with 30 free penalty yards the Steelers take the chip shot for the win.  This ending is cemented at # 1 and in the all time meltdown Hall of Fame.  Steelers 18 Bengals 16

Did I miss any?

I guess there were these up for consideration:

Jan 2016 Wild Card - Play 1 Bengals lose Carson on a 66 yard pass to Chris Henry to a knee injury?  Steelers 31, Bengals 17

Oh I don't know....TODAY? Season on the line potential game!  Zach goes super conservative to setup a 50+ yard OT FG after his team marched up and down the field most of the game.  Bad snap, late hold, missed FG dropping the team to 1-4?  Ravens 41, Bengals 38

From Elise Jesse on Facebook:

Still can’t believe we watched two great QB’s compete at a level where there were 9 passing TD’s &over 700 passing yards between Burrow and Jackson & the Bengals final drive went like this:

Run play-no gain
Timeout
Run play-3 yard gain
Run play- no gain
Timeout
Missed 53-yard FG

From Bengals4life on Facebook:

#Bengals fans are calling for HC Zac Taylor to be FIRED, as he continues to not take responsibility.

“Joe called the run” - Taylor said after today’s loss. 

All the players involved though took responsibility and blamed it on themselves. 

Joe Burrow: “I needed to be perfect” 
Ja’Marr Chase: “I ran a (bad) route”
Evan McPherson: “I need to convert that”
Ryan Rehkow: “I’ve got to be better. Plain and simple”

Looks like someone isn't taking accountability. If your HC can't take responsibility for the game then you can't get out of the rut. 

Got to respect players holding themselves accountable but why can't Zach. 
Thoughts? 

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1 hour ago, Voice of Reason said:

I would trade Higgins for Crosby. What is Crosby's contract situation?

Still has two more years left on his contract after this year. 22 million next year and 18 million the year after. 

1 hour ago, futurecoach said:

Still has two more years left on his contract after this year. 22 million next year and 18 million the year after. 

Hmmmm, that is a tough call.