It was a little difficult and I very rarely do that, but I highly suggest if you have game pass you really watch that **** if you really want to know where this team is at. I'm going to gloss over the first half a bit with the exception of a couple things:
- Something happened on Ben's fumble. The snap count was off of his expectation of what was happening. He lobbied for a False Start. The line thought one thing and Ben thought another in terms of snap count.
- He hung Juju out to dry on the fumble. That is a play they run routinely, but he had to eat that throw. That said, clear foul, that the Network continued to get geeked up over and replayed at least 4 times. Yet they dwelled on Williamson's forearm around the head later in the game.
- Brain dead play on the INT by Ben trying to force something on 3rd and very long. Punt and live to fight again. This was compounded by the utter stupidity of Okorafor losing his **** on the sideline. Remember when the Steelers used to get the Bengals goat.
2nd Half
- First off Tuiit (Who I really like) needs to sit. And I do not mean on the sideline. He loses a helmet for Buggs next week if I coach this team. He is playing with ZERO heart and effort. I don't remember if he had Covid or not, if he did it could be lingering effects otherwise a message must be sent. I would rather have Alualu start and Buggs and Wormley rotate than watch a guy play like that. And to be quite honest Heyward was only slightly better. Dude if you are going to talk about what the team needs to do in the media, you better not be tip toeing around piles.That is an obscene amount of cap spaced used on what they got last night.
- Marcus Allen is not a linebacker. A dime back maybe. Now something is wrong with Gilbert and he can't play then he is out. Being kinda strong and a good tackler does not make a linebacker out of you. Allen has no feel or instincts. He cannot shed or sift through the trash. he plays the position like a DB using some speed to move around guys and make tackles 4 yards down field. There were plenty and I mean plenty of situations in the second half where if you didn't like Gilbert for whatever reason you could have inserted Ola at OLB and put Watt in the middle. They did that plenty early in the year.
- Every thing is still too difficult. Yes on paper the run game was far better last night. But I would bet that 9/10 of those yards came on front recognition situations where you just kinda catch them daring you to run. They still could not run when it counted. Where did that show up. down seven they get 8 and a half on first with a pass. Then they proceed to try to pass on second it gets tipped third down they get stuffed and its a punt. 2nd and two is an opportunity not an adventure. This happened also when they were in the redzone. First down they try play action to Claypool. They do the obligatory nothing run and its third and blitz. Again on the last TD the was saved by the PI at the goaline. Third and one/ two and they try some half assed stretch to the right and lose 3. They cannot just bang it up.
- Bengals last TD and 4 minute drives were incomprehensibly coached and executed they have third string Quarterback without his most dangerous receiving threat. You can bring the safety down. You can play press/man with your DB's.The drive started with a run where Heyward has inside leverage and watches the back run past him. Then on the one where the QB fit it in and got sandwiched he inexcusably misses an easy sack. Watt gets drawn off on hard count by a ****** rook. But the coup de grace was the best. Fitzpatrick is 12 yards off the line. Yes Highsmith got sucked in by the fake, but Fitzpatrick watches them pile up does not honor the QB keep and lightly jogs toward him. If I'm Tomlin, I make him stand at Film and ask him what the **** he was doing and thinking on that play. Then with the 5 minutes left with a very good chance still. They again put up weak fronts when they know they will run and give up a first Down including a 3rd and 1 where they HAD to stack the line like it was goaline and they got bum tap QB sneaked with three guys in tight easily wedged.
Considering the opposition offense, you could not coach and execute the defense in the second half much worse if you tried. They play to not give up the big play. That's a joke.
- Something happened on Ben's fumble. The snap count was off of his expectation of what was happening. He lobbied for a False Start. The line thought one thing and Ben thought another in terms of snap count.
- He hung Juju out to dry on the fumble. That is a play they run routinely, but he had to eat that throw. That said, clear foul, that the Network continued to get geeked up over and replayed at least 4 times. Yet they dwelled on Williamson's forearm around the head later in the game.
- Brain dead play on the INT by Ben trying to force something on 3rd and very long. Punt and live to fight again. This was compounded by the utter stupidity of Okorafor losing his **** on the sideline. Remember when the Steelers used to get the Bengals goat.
2nd Half
- First off Tuiit (Who I really like) needs to sit. And I do not mean on the sideline. He loses a helmet for Buggs next week if I coach this team. He is playing with ZERO heart and effort. I don't remember if he had Covid or not, if he did it could be lingering effects otherwise a message must be sent. I would rather have Alualu start and Buggs and Wormley rotate than watch a guy play like that. And to be quite honest Heyward was only slightly better. Dude if you are going to talk about what the team needs to do in the media, you better not be tip toeing around piles.That is an obscene amount of cap spaced used on what they got last night.
- Marcus Allen is not a linebacker. A dime back maybe. Now something is wrong with Gilbert and he can't play then he is out. Being kinda strong and a good tackler does not make a linebacker out of you. Allen has no feel or instincts. He cannot shed or sift through the trash. he plays the position like a DB using some speed to move around guys and make tackles 4 yards down field. There were plenty and I mean plenty of situations in the second half where if you didn't like Gilbert for whatever reason you could have inserted Ola at OLB and put Watt in the middle. They did that plenty early in the year.
- Every thing is still too difficult. Yes on paper the run game was far better last night. But I would bet that 9/10 of those yards came on front recognition situations where you just kinda catch them daring you to run. They still could not run when it counted. Where did that show up. down seven they get 8 and a half on first with a pass. Then they proceed to try to pass on second it gets tipped third down they get stuffed and its a punt. 2nd and two is an opportunity not an adventure. This happened also when they were in the redzone. First down they try play action to Claypool. They do the obligatory nothing run and its third and blitz. Again on the last TD the was saved by the PI at the goaline. Third and one/ two and they try some half assed stretch to the right and lose 3. They cannot just bang it up.
- Bengals last TD and 4 minute drives were incomprehensibly coached and executed they have third string Quarterback without his most dangerous receiving threat. You can bring the safety down. You can play press/man with your DB's.The drive started with a run where Heyward has inside leverage and watches the back run past him. Then on the one where the QB fit it in and got sandwiched he inexcusably misses an easy sack. Watt gets drawn off on hard count by a ****** rook. But the coup de grace was the best. Fitzpatrick is 12 yards off the line. Yes Highsmith got sucked in by the fake, but Fitzpatrick watches them pile up does not honor the QB keep and lightly jogs toward him. If I'm Tomlin, I make him stand at Film and ask him what the **** he was doing and thinking on that play. Then with the 5 minutes left with a very good chance still. They again put up weak fronts when they know they will run and give up a first Down including a 3rd and 1 where they HAD to stack the line like it was goaline and they got bum tap QB sneaked with three guys in tight easily wedged.
Considering the opposition offense, you could not coach and execute the defense in the second half much worse if you tried. They play to not give up the big play. That's a joke.
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