gregcook68 Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Before I throw Guenther under the bus I looked back at 2012 with Zimmer. Here's how it went:FIRST HALF@ Baltimore 13-43 LCleveland 34-27 W@ Washington 38-31W@ Jacksonville 27-10 WMiami 13-17 L@ Cleveland 24-34 LPittsburgh 17-24 LDenver 23-31 LA 3-5 record with the defense giving up 218 points for a game average of 27.25.SECOND HALF Giants 31-13 W@ KC 28-6 WOakland 34-10 W@ SD 20-13 WDallas 19-20 L@ Philadelphia 34-13 W@ Pittsburgh 13-10 WBaltimore 23-17 WA 7-1 record with defense giving up 102 points for a game average of 12.75.Keep in mind that this was Zimmer's 5th year as the Bengals DC, and his second year of the Dalton era!It took Zimmer, a 5 year DC, half a season to adjust. Under the circumstances, I think Guenther should be given some slack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cincyhokie Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Before I throw Guenther under the bus I looked back at 2012 with Zimmer. Here's how it went:FIRST HALF@ Baltimore 13-43 LCleveland 34-27 W@ Washington 38-31W@ Jacksonville 27-10 WMiami 13-17 L@ Cleveland 24-34 LPittsburgh 17-24 LDenver 23-31 LA 3-5 record with the defense giving up 218 points for a game average of 27.25.SECOND HALF Giants 31-13 W@ KC 28-6 WOakland 34-10 W@ SD 20-13 WDallas 19-20 L@ Philadelphia 34-13 W@ Pittsburgh 13-10 WBaltimore 23-17 WA 7-1 record with defense giving up 102 points for a game average of 12.75.Keep in mind that this was Zimmer's 5th year as the Bengals DC, and his second year of the Dalton era!It took Zimmer, a 5 year DC, half a season to adjust. Under the circumstances, I think Guenther should be given some slack.Good stuff!Oddly, I feel like the loss of Rey M. will benefit the defense in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregcook68 Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Before I throw Guenther under the bus I looked back at 2012 with Zimmer. Here's how it went:FIRST HALF@ Baltimore 13-43 LCleveland 34-27 W@ Washington 38-31W@ Jacksonville 27-10 WMiami 13-17 L@ Cleveland 24-34 LPittsburgh 17-24 LDenver 23-31 LA 3-5 record with the defense giving up 218 points for a game average of 27.25.SECOND HALF Giants 31-13 W@ KC 28-6 WOakland 34-10 W@ SD 20-13 WDallas 19-20 L@ Philadelphia 34-13 W@ Pittsburgh 13-10 WBaltimore 23-17 WA 7-1 record with defense giving up 102 points for a game average of 12.75.Keep in mind that this was Zimmer's 5th year as the Bengals DC, and his second year of the Dalton era!It took Zimmer, a 5 year DC, half a season to adjust. Under the circumstances, I think Guenther should be given some slack.Good stuff!Oddly, I feel like the loss of Rey M. will benefit the defense in the long run.It did last year.I think the point here is Zimmer had 6 years as Bengals DC and 3 years with the Dalton gang to get to the #3 defense in the league. Paul has had 5 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 I'm not concerned about Paul at all. Not in the least.Everything I have seen to this point, I put on the players and their lack of discipline.Go watch the Panthers game again if you dare. The defense should be ashamed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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