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Originally Posted by crayzkirk
Coaches coach and player play. At the end of the day, it's up to the players to make the plays on the field. The Bengals coached their players to take advantage of the Chiefs tendencies and weaknesses. There seems to be a little of that Belichick in the Bengals coaching staff; they seem better able to put their players in position to succeed. Too many times, it looks like the defense is playing a scheme instead of the strength of the players.
The price of success means not drafting early enough to get the star players. The Bengals have drafted consistently at the top of rounds for years, their average players are better than the Chiefs average players and their skill players, outside of QB and TE, are also better.
Their coaching staff seems to know how to put their players in positions where they fit instead of forcing them into a scheme.
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I think you nailed it with the tendencies. When KC got down by the goal line, and ran the ball on first down, the next two plays the Bengals showed a base D front and then dropped everybody back into coverage. They knew that Kansas City was going to pass near the goal line. I was screaming at the TV to just run it three times and they would score, but instead, they played right into the Bengals hands and ran two two pass plays, got stopped, and had to settle for a short FG. A TD there and a successful point after would have netted four more points....
