HoosierCat

Yeah, they’re 31st in rushing yards, which sucks. But they were 29th in rushing yards last season and went 12-4 so… In Zac’s case I think it’s just a play calling/philosophy thing. He’s an ex-QB who has completely bought into the whole “it’s a passing league” mantra. And it’s the passing that’s failed this year because of the calf.

Yeah that’s why I don’t see Hurst happening. Oh, and meanwhile Sam LaPorta is having himself a nice little rookie season so far in Detroit. Maybe Murphy can get another sack this week against Seattle so I feel better about them passing on him…

Nice column from Canfora today on Joe’s performance against the Cards. https://wapo.st/3toyELo Interesting proposal at the end: Just looking at their contracts I don’t see either Hurst or Henry as a real possibility, but Smith has been a complete flop so far. Maybe Ertz or Waller if the Cards/Giants continue fading?

FWIW the Bengals are currently tied for 12th in the league in fewest sacks allowed per game. So not stellar, but they are above average, and that’s something given that Joe has had the mobility of a rock the first few weeks. https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/qb-sacked-per-game

I think some of that is on Lou. They need to play more aggressively whether they have the lead or not. And yeah, tackling needs to be an emphasis this week.

Bengals open as 4.5-point favorites. Looks like they got out of Arizona without any serious injuries. 3-3 and an extra week of rest for the calf would be ideal. We’ll see if they can get it done.

Like I’ve been saying it’s 100% the calf. Joe was finally comfortable moving around today and you can see the difference. He’s clearly still not full go, hence the dink and dunk game plan early on, but he’s getting there. Hopefully he didn’t stress it too much today. Fortunately the division blows so a win next week against the hags sends them into the bye in decent shape.

Ok I think we’re good

It’s prevent t8me!

They can never make anything easy

Not that it really matters but better to not pick that

Go up by 2 TDs with 6 minutes left, I’m ok with it

Good idea

Might be a keeper

Remember who we are fans of…

Cards falling apart

Really

Ok we might not lose

Punch it in

First penalty on offense

He’s actually been doing a lot of good blocking today

Nice d

Yeah that was just shit happens

Yup tough break

Ugh