Let's talk about the Bengals (week 2)

[JPH83]

It'll be way closer than it should be. I think the Bengals run it more and have some success. Their passing game will be better even if all they do is cut down on the mistakes. Chase will play well. Who knows maybe they realise Burton is a better bet than the dross they have running out currently. I also don't think their OL has as much of a problem with our pass rush as some predict.

But I'm not sure it'll matter. As Direckshun and others said i don't see how their D plays us without Reader. Maybe Mahomes has a rare off day or we go really vanilla, or maybe we leave Kingsley on an island and Hendricksen wrecks the game...i just don't see it.

I would really, really love to see us boat race these c***s.

[RunKC]

Watched the condensed version of the Pats/Bengals. That OL is not good at all. Trent Brown is so so bad. I’d put Karlaftis on him and Chris inside against Volson.

I think this is finally gonna be the game where Mahomes puts a whoopin on Burrow.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Trent Brown is so so bad. I’d put Karlaftis on him and Chris inside against Volson.

When the Patriots dump a player you should stay away.

[Bengal Billy]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Watched the condensed version of the Pats/Bengals. That OL is not good at all. Trent Brown is so so bad. I’d put Karlaftis on him and Chris inside against Volson.

I think this is finally gonna be the game where Mahomes puts a whoopin on Burrow.

Gotta agree. Bengals drafted Mims for RT spot I was hoping he would be starting even though he's a Rookie, but he's hurt of course. Not a Trent Brown fan he does not look good. Obviously I'm hoping he turns it around but it's not likely.

Volson has been looking much better his past few games but can still be a liability. Actually, Cappa has been one of the worst for the interior OL (getting bad scores) most recently.

Bengals interior O-Line vs Chris Jones is a real big problem (big problem for.most teams actually).

Speed rushers should go against OBJ. He has been doing pretty well against strength and bull rushes,,, speed rushers to his sides can give him real issues.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Burrow very well may get it back on track but even if, I think the odds of it showing this week are slim to none.

KC's secondary is real fast, and really on the same accord. It's just hard. He's going to need to win a lot of 50-50 balls down field I think to have a shot at winning or sustaining offense.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

Burrow very well may get it back on track but even if, I think the odds of it showing this week are slim to none.

KC's secondary is real fast, and really on the same accord. It's just hard. He's going to need to win a lot of 50-50 balls down field I think to have a shot at winning or sustaining offense.

If Burrow comes out this week and looks like shit against us, then I think he might be completely ****ed from that injury. This is the kind of game that should pull his head out of his ass and if he's shit, then I think Bengals fans should be really concerned.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

Burrow very well may get it back on track but even if, I think the odds of it showing this week are slim to none.

KC's secondary is real fast, and really on the same accord. It's just hard. He's going to need to win a lot of 50-50 balls down field I think to have a shot at winning or sustaining offense.

The defense was gassed AF last week in the 4th but that was from chasing Lamar's ass all over the field. I feel like they should have a little more stamina this game.

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHeaven

The defense was gassed AF last week in the 4th but that was from chasing Lamar's ass all over the field. I feel like they should have a little more stamina this game.

Well my eyes could have mislead me but as one of many on here that watches every game, I have always felt the scrambling QB gives us more problems than anybody since Spags came to KC.

I believe it's a philosophical thing where his style of defense for whatever reason puts a lot of pressure on the back seven because they try so damn hard to just keep the QB in the pocket and do not really rush them in a way that gets the ball out of their hands fast.

On the flip side, I feel like his defense is really ****ing hard on pocket QBs (see his success vs. Brady).

[dlphg9]

Chris Jones clearly has free reign on the DL. I cannot wait for him to kill Joe Burrow. If he plays like he did last week, then he will get 2+ sacks. The dudes gonna win DPOTY.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Not much to talk about.

Cincy going to lose . . . . Bigly.

[poolboy]

I hope Danna and or FAU burns the artist formerly known as Orlando Brown over and over

[Pasta Little Brioni]

The only thing I fear is Jumpball Joe completes like 90% of those garbage 50 50 hero balls against us. It's so lame.

[Bengal Billy]

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni

The only thing I fear is Jumpball Joe completes like 90% of those garbage 50 50 hero balls against us. It's so lame.

If you had that available to you and it worked most of the time, would you not keep going to it? I would, hell yeah.

I have a freak WR out there to where I can throw up a 50/50 and have faith that they'll likely make a play? Keep chucking it baby!

We'll see though.. Burrow has been checking down and "taking what the defense gives him" (his words after the game last Sunday). If the wrist issue is real and/or he continues to check it down we might not see 50/50 balls.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Bengal Billy

If you had that available to you and it worked most of the time, would you not keep going to it? I would, hell yeah.

I have a freak WR out there to where I can throw up a 50/50 and have faith that they'll likely make a play? Keep chucking it baby!

We'll see though.. Burrow has been checking down and "taking what the defense gives him" (his words after the game last Sunday). If the wrist issue is real and/or he continues to check it down we might not see 50/50 balls.

It’s unreliable. Hence the zero TD passes in the fourth quarter of playoff games.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni

The only thing I fear is Jumpball Joe completes like 90% of those garbage 50 50 hero balls against us. It's so lame.

Higgins and Chase are spectacularly complementary.

Higgins is a boss at those 50/50 balls, Chase is spectacular out of his cuts and into space for YAC, etc...

I said in the other Bengals thread, but Cincy really screwed the pooch here. They had those 2, Burrow and Hendrickson on steal contracts and managed very little. Those are MASSIVE assets on a cap sheet that have essentially amortized out.

Now they'll never be in a situation like that again.

Maybe they'll find their way through it. But the only real way to do that is to pay a LOT of cash and keep kicking the can for 5-6 years the way Jerrah does in Dallas. And then you hope you draft a Parsons and get some breakout performances from someone like Bland.

And so while your QB and WRs cost real money, you've supplemented them and you can survive it.

But Mike Brown isn't gonna do that. He's not Jerry. He's going to try to do it on the cheap and things are just going to spiral on them.

The '21 loss in the SB and '22 loss in the AFCCG are likely gonna haunt these fellas for a real long time. '22 would be the worst for me because they seemed ready to take the next step after the '21 loss to LA. The injury to Burrow in '23 (probably because of the hammy) was also pretty brutal and is likely to still be impacting them this season.

That's a 4 year wide-open championship window and it's extremely unlikely that they'll end up with much in the trophy case to show for it.