Stripes

71 of Etienne's yards came on one play against Carolina. The Bengals are certainly capable of allowing a big one, so... don't. I don't think the Week 2 woes have been quite the same as the Week 1 woes. Since 2021: 2021 - L @Chicago 17-20 2022 - L @Dallas 17-20 2023 - L vs. Baltimore 24-27 2024 - L @Kansas City 25-26 0-4 by a combined margin of 10 points, with three of those four teams being good (12-5 Cowboys, 13-4 Ravens, 15-2 Chiefs) The offense has been far more competent on Week 2 lately and came up short against sharp competition. I am optimistic about this week, but you never know.

Turns out one of his passes defensed was given to Wilson and the other was nullified by a penalty. There's some decent footage circulating social media of Stewart pinching the pocket on Flacco. He'll need to finish eventually though.

HAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA RAVENS GOOD ONE DUMBASSES

Let Baltimore peak too early.

Very impressive given that he had very little time to learn the offense or gel with the OL starters. I have no idea, but he might have been part of the run game struggles. I'll take it though. I hope Patrick didn't suffer something catastrophic. He's valuable depth (assuming they aren't ridiculous and stick with Risner).

They had negative 18 yards in the 4th quarter.

There's no question they happened.

The good on defense - Trey looked like Trey. - Demetrius Knight was flying around in the first half and, I believe, set a team record for tackles in a debut (10) - DJ Turner and Dax Hill seemed to have strong games as far as I could tell - The run defense was a boulder all game. Cleveland did nothing on the ground. Logan Wilson looked like his old self. - Timely takeaways -- might have been luck, but the defenses in the deep playoff runs did this regularly. The bad on defense - Cam Taylor-Britt lost his matchups with Cedric Tillman. That's not ideal and reminds too much of 2024. - The pass rush outside Trey and BJ Hill was pretty dead. - They allowed the Browns to nickle and dime them for long, sustained drives that kept Burrow off the field. - Left two players wide open that dropped passes you'd expect good teams to catch. The good on offense - Well, the first drive was nice. The bad on offense - *gestures broadly to all of the game footage* - 7 total yards in the second half -- putrid and unacceptable. I am still going to be firing Zac Taylor on this message board this week. Gameplan sucked. Adjustments sucked. It was basically the 2024 Patriots game if Tanner Hudson hadn't fumbled it away on the goal line. I don't think it tells us much about either side of the ball moving forward. We'll see.

Shemar batted two passes. Murphy drew a holding call.

Annoying that the Jets blew it against the Steelers, but then again of course they did. Go Bills tonight.

Zac Taylor is deep in my dog house. Win my ass. Joe was really bad in the second half. The defense saved the day. They still looked rough, but at least they didn’t let Cleveland eat on the ground. At the end, it’s 1-0 and an AFCN win. That should be a big deal.

That may legitimately be the ugliest win I have ever seen. I need a shower.

3rd and 1. Shotgun. Sneak the fucking ball you absolute dunce

Fire Taylor. Can’t do this every year. Period.

Zac just cannot gameplan to open a season.

Good teams don’t drop those. Lucky.

Not thrilled with CTB getting eaten by a #3 WR.

I hate week 1. I hate playing in Cleveland.

Cannot go 3 and out after Cleveland holds the ball for 9 minutes. Just a really bad decision to chuck it deep.

Defense isn’t good enough. Can’t count on them.

Murphy forced a hold. That’s something.

Lou’s pitching a shutout so far vs. Miami

Time for a little aggressiveness if you have the best offense in the world.

FANT!

Two tips for Stewart