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The Shutout, the Running Game, and the Injuries

Simba said:
The Chase stat line looks much better than the impact, too. Thought the secondary played really well once they settled in.

Nate Wiggins in particular feels like he's taken a step and is really close to taking another one into becoming a true star.
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i watch him consistently line up against the best receivers in the game and i consistently have no real concerns - like obviously he'll get beaten on a rep every now and again - the guys who are doing that are earning 30-40m/yr

i still can't believe he fell the way he did

i get that he was undersized
and i get that there were some character concerns

but he was clearly the best cover corner in that class

wild also that quinyon mitchell lasted to the 20s as well

just malpractice from the whole NFL dealing with that CB class - everyone said it was an amazing CB group and then everyone let them slide down the board and picked up offensive guys instead and then lo-and-behold, a bunch of these CBs have come good in the pros

Mitchell, Wiggins, DeJean, Kool-Aid, Lassiter, Renardo Green, Dru Phillips, Cam Hart and I'm sure there's others i've missed...
 
Simba said:
He was a big part of the problem on that first drive. Bit on a couple of things he shouldn't have, and he's had shoddy tackling his whole career.

But after that drive, he turned it on and was arguably the best player on the field today.
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was triggering and driving downhill with such great timing and angles today
was showing starks what we should be seeing from him tbh

best game as a raven for Gilman
 
rossihunter2 said:
i watch him consistently line up against the best receivers in the game and i consistently have no real concerns - like obviously he'll get beaten on a rep every now and again - the guys who are doing that are earning 30-40m/yr

i still can't believe he fell the way he did

i get that he was undersized
and i get that there were some character concerns

but he was clearly the best cover corner in that class

wild also that quinyon mitchell lasted to the 20s as well

just malpractice from the whole NFL dealing with that CB class - everyone said it was an amazing CB group and then everyone let them slide down the board and picked up offensive guys instead and then lo-and-behold, a bunch of these CBs have come good in the pros

Mitchell, Wiggins, DeJean, Kool-Aid, Lassiter, Renardo Green, Dru Phillips, Cam Hart and I'm sure there's others i've missed...
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And from a character standpoint, I heard that he really matured heading into the year. Showing on the field for sure.
 
Simba said:
Teddye injury looks to be a season-ender.

They'll know more on Awuzie tomorrow.

Everyone else is apparently just beaten and bruised and nothing major.
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turf gets another ACL it looks like then... playing on turf when it's freezing like that must be like playing in an icy car park with cleats tbh

shame for buchanan and i guess you just have to hope that he's back in time for the start of next season but he's a guy who you'd have thought could really kick on with a good offseason and now has a hard offseason of rehabbing instead of conditioning
 
Grim said:
That sucks man. I assume he was carted off? The worst part is when it happened if it is an ACL. That will impair him well into next season.
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He apparently said no the the cart and limped off the field with help, but then took the cart to the locker room from the sideline.
 
I'm honestly just.....................stunned.

Offensively, it wasn't amazing. Getting held to 3 points in the 2nd half. I appreciate the usage of PA, but it just seemed that no one was open downfield. Zay was up and down. D-Hop had a nice play no doubt. Likely was just there. IIRC, Lamar is undefeated against the Bengals in Cincy.

Defensively, we got a lucky a couple of times but man did they come out to play today. Someone said in the game thread that all it took was for Robinson to come back to have this performance. To that individual, I'd say there's another individual too: Ar'darius. I hope all of our players are okay because the 2nd half felt like the war of attrition.

FUN FACT: the last time we wore the standard home jerseys on the road in Cincy, we also shut them out while scoring 20+ back in 2017.
 
I am still so confused by the last 7.5 minutes of that game. Sure it was a longshot but the season was on the line for the Bengals and they are down 3 scores with all 3 timeouts. Why would you EVER call a running play let alone basically playing it so slow that you are basically giving up the season? It is baffling to me.
 
Deebo813 said:
i was with you till you called us 5”9 people midgets lol
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Listen my fellow 5’9 King, if we are going to play receiver then we need to be super physical and explosive to high point a ball ala. Hill and Steve Smith
 
Adreme said:
I am still so confused by the last 7.5 minutes of that game. Sure it was a longshot but the season was on the line for the Bengals and they are down 3 scores with all 3 timeouts. Why would you EVER call a running play let alone basically playing it so slow that you are basically giving up the season? It is baffling to me.
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I'm not saying I agree with the choice, but sometimes when you've been beaten and battered like they were today, the best thing to do is just admit defeat and get out of there. They already knew their season was over.
 
Adreme said:
I am still so confused by the last 7.5 minutes of that game. Sure it was a longshot but the season was on the line for the Bengals and they are down 3 scores with all 3 timeouts. Why would you EVER call a running play let alone basically playing it so slow that you are basically giving up the season? It is baffling to me.
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You and me both. I think the pick 6 really deflated all the hope they had to comeback.
 
Adreme said:
I am still so confused by the last 7.5 minutes of that game. Sure it was a longshot but the season was on the line for the Bengals and they are down 3 scores with all 3 timeouts. Why would you EVER call a running play let alone basically playing it so slow that you are basically giving up the season? It is baffling to me.
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That to me was so baffling. They didn't even give us a chance to choke the game away, they just gave up. I wonder if they gave up on Zac Taylor, it might be a thing where ownership realizes he has to choose between Burrow and Zac Taylor. Does he keep Taylor and risk Burrow suddenly retiring or asking for a trade? Or does he fire Taylor and bring in another offensive minded Head Coach to keep Burrow happy? I think we all know the answer to that.
 
But I will say that it's nice to see how prepared this defense seemed to look. Maybe Ed and Ray need to be here for the remainder of this season if that's the case.



 
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