3 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Here we are near the end of the season. This entire year the defense has not been able to guard TE's and they have been burned by long TD runs. This was happening in the first pre-season game. A full season of games and those issues have not been fixed. Is it Al Golden's scheme or is it personnel?

Both ?‍♂️

8 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Here we are near the end of the season. This entire year the defense has not been able to guard TE's and they have been burned by long TD runs. This was happening in the first pre-season game. A full season of games and those issues have not been fixed. Is it Al Golden's scheme or is it personnel?

It is Al Golen he don't deserve the d in his last name according to Moe Egger lol.

10 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Here we are near the end of the season. This entire year the defense has not been able to guard TE's and they have been burned by long TD runs. This was happening in the first pre-season game. A full season of games and those issues have not been fixed. Is it Al Golden's scheme or is it personnel?

 

6 minutes ago, theguru said:

Both ?‍♂️

At this point in the year, I fault Golden more than personnel. If you know you don't have the personnel to play the scheme, shouldn't you make adjustments? Find a way to stop where the defense is getting blown up repeatedly. 

A pet peeve of mine shows up again on the Gesicki catch. The ref marked him a yard and a half short of where he should have been marked down. It has happened repeatedly this year. I replayed that two times to try and figure out how the ref came up with that spot and no clue.

1 minute ago, Voice of Reason said:

A pet peeve of mine shows up again on the Gesicki catch. The ref marked him a yard and a half short of where he should have been marked down. It has happened repeatedly this year. I replayed that two times to try and figure out how the ref came up with that spot and no clue.

I hate to be this way but I see so many "apparent mistakes" from refs in high level football that it is only a matter of time before machines/AI do almost all of the heavy lifting. 

The Fins looked like world beaters on that drive, touchdown Miami to take the lead. 

On 12/17/2025 at 11:26 PM, nkypete said:

1. Akili Smith - 1999 NFL Draft, 1st round, 3rd overall
2. Ki-Jana Carter - 1995 NFL Draft, 1st round, 1st overall
3. Peter Warrick - 2000 NFL draft, 1st round, 4th overall
4. David Klinger - 1992 NFL Draft, 1st round, 6th overall
5. Jack Thompson - 1979 NFL Draft, 1st round, 3rd overall

Bengals can still mess up top picks in the first round.

Carter sustained a horrific injury in his first preseason game and never fully recovered. As I remember the Throwin' Samoan(Thompson) played ok for the Bengals. Not great but serviceable....but that's 40+ years ago lol.

Friend at the game.

Just now, theguru said:

Friend at the game.

A lot of empty seats.

Our lovely defense made the road trip once again.

1 minute ago, Voice of Reason said:

A lot of empty seats.

No surprise there, two very bad teams. 

11 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

A pet peeve of mine shows up again on the Gesicki catch. The ref marked him a yard and a half short of where he should have been marked down. It has happened repeatedly this year. I replayed that two times to try and figure out how the ref came up with that spot and no clue.

 

8 minutes ago, theguru said:

I hate to be this way but I see so many "apparent mistakes" from refs in high level football that it is only a matter of time before machines/AI do almost all of the heavy lifting. 

It seems like they spot the ball where the player starts to go down and no regard for where the ball is. On that Gesicki catch he dove forward and wasn't touched till he was already down. They marked the ball a yard and half behind where the ball was when he was touched down.  

Sample looked like he was pulling a cart full of rocks. 

Looked like an attempt at targeting on the tackle of Sample at the 11. 

Touchdown Bengals!

Samaje!!