HoosierCat

Nice stand

That sucks it’s working fine for me. Hilton hurt.

It’s a 1 pm regular season game so we get Good Andy, remember?

Cam Taylor Shitt

Well you got your wish

Dodged a bullet there. Insurance is a huge issue in Florida right now. Some companies like farmers have pulled out entirely, others aren’t renewing policies in high risk areas, and rates are going through the roof.

OT: Godspeed to anyone in the Florida big bend region tonight.

Hill, Rankins, Hudson all still out. Ja’Marr went full.

Yeah, I heard the "Burrow's going to be more vocal" and just rolled my eyes. The offense doesn't need more talk, it just needs to finish drives. On teams, McPherson doesn't need more talk, he needs to quit missing kicks. On defense, Burrow talking more isn't going to get guys healthy any faster, which is what they need more than anything else. If anything, this team needs less talking and more doing.

Chase limited with a shoulder injury Hendrickson out sick. Hill and Rankins still out. On the other side, Andy limited with an ankle injury.

Bring back the 4-3!

I expect the defense to be better in Carolina. For one thing Dalton is a much more conventional QB than Daniels. Crazy Legs Andy has been known to make an appearance but they don't have to worry about his mobility on anywhere near the same level as Daniels. Hubbard is probably the bigger danger, but they actually did a decent job against Eckler aside from the one big run. Don't get me wrong, I don't expect the D to be very good, but it's basically impossible to be worse than they were Monday night. Offensively, my $0.02 were the Bengals interested would be to adopt a more ball control-oriented approach. The best way to help the defense is to keep them off the field. Moss and Brown seemed to have found a groove Monday night, let's lean on that. Three or four or five 7-, 8-, 9-minute drives ending in TDs would be ideal. Won't happen of course, this team is built to throw the ball all over the yard and that's what they'll do, come hell or high water. But that's what I would do.

The nightmare scenario is probably a team meltdown. We've seen growing signs of frustration on the sideline the last two weeks. So imagine they go into Carolina Sunday and the first quarter is a disaster. They give up a score on special teams, or Burrow throws a pick six, or Dalton knifes through the D like butter, etc. Conjure your own horror show if you like. But it's ugly and the pot bubbles over and guys start pointing fingers on the sideline, and not only do they lose but we get one of those "closed door, no media, screaming and shouting heard in the locker room" reports after the game. Note I'm not predicting that will happen, even if things do start off ugly, but I also wouldn't be surprised if it did.

Anyway, Panthers news: I suppose that can’t hurt. Also: Okay. I wonder who they’ll get to repl… Oh. Well. I suppose that can’t hurt either. So, just for the record, the Bengals cut Bell, who then signed with the Panthers, and replaced him with Scott. Then the Bengals cut Scott and the Panthers cut Bell and each team replaced them with the other. Small league I guess. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41419959/sources-panthers-adam-thielen-go-ir-hamstring-injury

Browning’s girlfriend is still hot. https://thespun.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-quarterbacks-girlfriend-turns-heads-with-monday-night-outfit

I understand a call was placed but that Jerry turned down Mike’s offer of a six-pack of Lone Star beer (one bottle missing) and a couple expired Luby’s coupons.

Got your first round pick here: https://www.thedraftnetwork.com/2024/07/09/mason-graham-scouting-report-nfl-draft

This is pure speculation on my part, but my guess is you are right about the confusion and it stems from the injuries to Rankins and Hill. That meant inserting Jenkins and Guy into the lineup, neither of whom had ever taken a live snap as a Bengal before. Lou knew that so he's got other guys on the D keeping one eye on them, i.e. trying to do two jobs and ending up doing neither. And then other guys out there are trying to compensate for that. So the whole thing snowballs and there you go: a hesitant and slow defense. Lou needs to teach Guy and Jenkins their jobs this week, and yell the old Marvin mantra "do your job" at the rest of the defense all week.

Commanders were playing up tempo, lots of quick throws, with rollouts/moving pockets so I think they did a good job of minimizing pass rush opportunities. But yeah when Daniels did hang in there he had all the time in the world. Fortunately Andy is nowhere near as mobile and slippery as Daniels. So hopefully they show a bit better this Sunday.

Eh, I think it's more of a talent issue on defense. Simply put, the d-line is a smouldering crater. The cupboard isn't just bare, it's been dismantled and the pieces burned. Rankins, Hill and Murphy are all out. So is McKinnley Jackson, though whether he's anything or just another wasted pick, who knows. Still, more potential talent on the sidelines. Jenkins is out there playing with a cast. Sample looks done on the edge and while he can still be valuable inside imho, word is he doesn't want to move there. Ossai is a bust. The rest of the group are just guys. Backups and PS types. The only actual, talented, would-start-for-any-team blue chip dlineman we have out there right now is Hendrickson, and he can't do it all by himself. And he was looking gimpy last night too. There are no answers in FA at this point in the year. Maybe -- maybe! -- there's a trade possibility out there, I dunno. Maybe there's a team willing to swap a good DT for, say, Higgins. But I have no idea who that might be offhand, and in any event it's not how the FO rolls. And even if they did make that kind of deal the guy would probably break his leg the first time out, that's just how this season is going. Only real hope, thin as it is, is that some of the injured guys can get back on the field and contribute. Until then, it will probably stay ugly.

Torn patellar tendon for Trent Brown, per Rapoport. Done for the year. Mims looked good tho, hopefully he can stay upright.

Welp, it finally happened. After playing with fire year after year, the Bengals got burned and didn't win the "save the season" game in week 3. For what it's worth, week 4 has been kind to the Burrow Bengals at 3-1. The only loss was last year to Tennessee. On the flip side, we face Bengal-killer Andy Dalton. Does the Red Rifle have another bullet with their name on it? Anyhow, the silver lining is that the Bengals are now in a three-way tie with Jacksonville and Tennessee for the first overall pick in the 2025 draft.

Again, QFT.

That hurt no doubt but no reader and bates didn’t cause the redonkulous missed tackling and poor angles we saw all night. Just miserable fundamentals. That’s on coaching.