CincySportsFan

The still picture doesn't do justice to the way the defender got thrown away. Ja'Marr tossed him away like yesterday's trash.

Why are we fair catching punts well inside the 10?

Very true. But, I'd say that more people smoked 40 years ago than they do today.

My point (I won't speak for BWF) is...based upon your original question of if it had happened 40 years ago...is that, while the trust in the media/etc. may have been higher at that time (and thus, made it more likely that people would get the vaccine), you would also have to negate any advancement in science and medicine made over the past 4 decades as well. So, yes...your second statement with regards to the change in attitude killing 200,000 may very well true. But who knows, with the early 1980's status...we may have never been able to develop a vaccine, or even just a rapid test, by the time when we got them in the past 20 months. And that may have led to even more people dying. There are lots of potential contributing factors as to whether or not it would have been better/worse 40 years ago. We (as a society) were less "mobile" back then, so maybe it wouldn't have spread as fast. On the other hand, people would've been less likely to be able to work/school from home back then, so they'd be forced into being around other people...so maybe it spreads even faster. Maybe there were more hospitals back then, so there'd be more places for people to get treatment earlier. But, then again, the PPE wasn't at the same level, so maybe more of our frontline workers get infected and taken out, leading to drastic understaffing. Going back in time is a double-edged sword. Can't take the good, without the bad. That's my point.

Must've been one heck of a difference.

You may be right on the number who would have been vaccinated. But, along the same point BWF pointed out with regards to medical care improving over that time, the same could be said for the scientific community as well. Would we have even had a vaccine by now? A lot has happened over 40 years. Some good, some bad.

Thank you!

TP, so I don't have to go back through all 197 pages of the thread...can you tell me what those numbers represent?

Just saw that the Lions starting center is out for the season. Hopefully the Bengals can create some confusion up front for his replacement.

Bengals wearing black today? Count on at least 3 pass interference calls against them.

I'd agree.

Since you've obviously got access to the play by play, I'll take your word for it. It was just my impression, even if they did only run it 5 times. (Curious, how many yards did they net?) It seemed like they were attempts straight up the gut for very little gain (2 yards or less). The ones in the second half that hit bigger, seemed (at least to me) to be on the outside. Maybe I'm wrong on that, too. Look, I'm a big proponent of making the opposition defend the entire field. And that's not just vertically, with the passing game, but also sideline to sideline with the running attack. We'll see how the Bengals, let alone the Packers, feel about having Perine as the featured back. Or, like VOR stated, maybe we'll see Evans a little more.

I guess we'll see. The way I look at it, is I don't know if the Bengals will call the same (quantity and/or type of) run plays with Perrine in there, as compared to Mixon. And while yes, you and I may think that opening the passing game more is a good thing...it also means the Packers will be playing the passing game more. The thing that was frustrating last week, was that we tried to force the run, when the run wasn't there in the first half. I don't want Burrow to force the pass, when it's not there. Need to make the defense respect both the pass and the run, in my opinion. I'll be shocked if Perrine gets 18-20 rushes, but maybe we'll see more screen and swing passes to compensate. But I'd really like to see us make the Packers pay for going to a dime defense.

When you tell me that #12 and #17 aren't playing, I'll feel better. Go ahead and throw #33 in there as well. ?

Going to need all hands on deck to take down the Packers. I think Higgins is supposed to be back, but not sure on Mixon. Bates is an absolute necessity on defense, and getting Awuzie back will help as well. If all weapons are available, I think the Bengals can score on the Packers. The question may be can the defense slow down Aaron Rodgers any. It's much improved over previous years, but this will be their most difficult challenge so far this year.

Dang. Sorry about your loss BEC.

Ehhh...it's only been 4 games, so not ready to proclaim him the best of anything just yet. The kid's got a canon for a leg, though, so the potential for him to be the "best" is certainly there. Graham is probably at the top, isn't he? Bullock and Nugent probably a notch down from him. Pelfry and Breech below them. Breech probably with the weakest leg of them all, but made the kicks in the biggest games. I'm sure I'm missing someone.

Good win for the Bengals. Jury still out, for me, on Taylor's game planning. What the heck were we thinking trying to force the run in the first half? Jacksonville was what, 30th, in the league in passing defense? It'd have been different if we still has Jeff Driskell under center, but we didn't. The line was even doing a good job holding up in pass protection. Yet we still tried to run. We got weapons in the receiving department, so why not use them? I just don't understand. Also, I think we missed Bates in the secondary more than we realized.

This all my fault, fellas. Should've never drank the Kool Aid. Will never do this again.

I can't believe how pumped I am for this game tonight. It's been awhile since I've legitimately felt this way.

Not going to the game, but pumped about it just as much. I normally don't like to do this...but, I think the Bengals roll tonight. Maybe I've drank too much Kool-Aid since the Steelers game, or looking at things thru tiger-striped glasses, but I like where we're at. I think Burrow throws for a couple of TD's, and Mixon runs for a couple of more. And I think defensively, the line comes up with 3 or 4 sacks of Lawrence. I also figured Bates would come away with an INT, but that's not going to happen (since he's not playing). Bengals win 31-17.

Caught it the first couple of weeks. Ended up missing part of this past week due to being sick and falling asleep on and off. I think it's been great! There have been some great stories, analysis and jokes. But, hands down, in my opinion, is the dig Peyton threw down this past week on Joe Buck was HYSTERICAL...because it is true! Biggest surprise to me has been Eli. He's always been overshadowed by Peyton's personality for the most part. He's had some great moments that I never expected. BTW - I LOVE Pat McAfee's show. Can get a little off-topic and raunchy sometimes, but the guy knows how to disarm his guests and you get less of the cut-and-paste cliches given in other interviews.

Ring of Honor unveiled tomorrow as well, right?

Oh sure, anybody can write it...but, can you speak it? ?

No, it's still impressive as heck. Just wanted to point out how long he's been working on it, before every other teams' fans expects their kicker to be able to go out and do something similar. Some of these guys have a booming leg...but, to change their routine/approach to the ball, might as well be asking them to learn Mandarin.