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Originally Posted by crayzkirk
I was really impressed with the Bengals defense; it was almost as if they knew where the Rams receivers were going.
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I think advocating for a defense as cohesive and intelligent as the Bengals is a realistic ask. We have too many offensive weapons to realistically wish for unbeatable superstars all over the squad, but to see a squad that responds to conditions so quickly and uniformly should inspire our franchise to reverse engineer some of that shit.
They don't have superstars, and one of their corners is among the bigger doofuses in the entire league, but they set a plan and execute, whether it's a passing leviathan like the Chiefs or a determined running attack like the Rams, they find the scheme to be effective in the moment.
Our D showed flashes of being on the cusp mid-season, impressively so for a period, but by the playoffs they were mediocre Cinderalla sisters still, leaning on the might of Mahomes to pull everything out of the fire instead of just executing their job.