HoosierCat

Eh, they just lost an ugly game they were supposed to win, at home, Chase is dehydrated and looking for an iv and a bunch of media numbskulls are asking the same old stupid questions. I’d be irritated too.

My $0.02: The No. 1 issue to me, by far, is Joe Burrow. I think we all agree that he did not look right out there Sunday. The question is, is the problem in his head, or in his wrist? Sunday was the first time he'd been back playing the real thing in like 10 months...some of which were famously spent playing fashion model in Paris. Now that's fine, I don't expect him to be all football 24/7/365. That's a recipe for burnout. But he didn't look like he was seeing the field and processing as fast as he usually does Sunday. Honestly I hope this is all it is, that he just needs a week or two to get back in the groove. Then there's the wrist. Lots of reports of him futzing with it and the wristband, and taking extra throws on the sidelines late in the fourth. And we all know how he had opportunities deep on the last drive and didn't even look downfield. He attempted 29 passes Sunday and they were almost all short. If his wrist only has a couple dozen passes in it a game, and maybe fewer if he tries to air it out multiple times, we are in a world of hurt. Time will tell.

TBF Stone was dinged for missing tackles in Baltimore too. So not a new thing with him.

If you like to be extra pissed off about this loss, on his wrap video last night Lap said “it was his understanding” that the league had told the bengals that the refs botched the call and the Gesicki TD catch should have stood.

Higgins is still dealing with the hammy. Zac said he’d have an update on him, Jenkins and Mims Wednesday. I’m not expecting any of them but we’ll see. Not seeing anything about Chase. Probably just betting site bs.

I don’t agree with that. They weren’t getting out physicaled yesterday, they were just fukking up left and right. This I can get behind. The o is one dimensional and lacks creativity.

Oh look more ugly sexual assault shit about Watson. Browns might be able to weasel out of that hell contract after all. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/deshaun-watson-sued-for-sexual-assault-browns-qb-named-in-disturbing-new-lawsuit-arising-from-2020-incident/

Good convo here on the good and bad. Would especially like to note the discussion starting around the 26 minute mark for TJ.

A little more detail today on everyone’s favorite subject, Ja’marr’s bank account. Doesn’t sound like we can really fault the FO here.

Good observation right there. They need these guys to produce and it’s not happening.

I thought this had some good observations, especially: Yes, this, a thousand times, this.

Ford is the backup RG so if they were to make a change that’s the least disruptive. Mims, Jenkins, Higgins, could have used all of them yesterday.

Burrow was bad yesterday. You won't get any argument from me about that. I watched Liscow & Goodberry's postgame show and I think they said PFF had Joe pressured on like 27% of his dropbacks -- so the oline actually seems to have held up decently (except for Cappa who might be physically done). Jake was going to wait to watch the film but his impression was that Joe was at least half at fault for all the sacks due to holding the ball too long. So yeah, I don't know if he's seeing ghosts or just doesn't have his head in the game or just trying to do too much or what.

I don't know if anyone else watched the postgame press conferences yesterday, but I thought Taylor looked like a beaten man and Burrow sounded like he was channeling Marvin. I have no confidence in either of them atm.

Here's a link: https://archive.ph/aBH3X

This could be ugly, folks.

Morrison: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/bengals-fall-in-weeks-1-2-under-zac-taylor-2024/

No way they can cut him until after 2025 at the earliest. His cap hit next year is $73 million. Dead money if he was cut would be $173 million. Cap hit in 2026 is still $73 million, dead money is $100 million, so even then it’s tough. Bottom line is their pretty much stuck with him.

I don’t think there’s much use in trying to assign blame to this or that player or whatever, when this is an issue that transcends who’s on the field. The roster has changed a lot over the past six years, but no matter who is out there, one constant remains: they aren’t ready to play. This is 100% a coach/staff issue, and about the only thing I can say for sure right now is that the problem clearly wasn’t Callahan.

Dallas wrecking Cleveland 14-3 with 5 minutes until the half.

Yeah he had a 165 yard game against Carolina and 162 yard game against PItt. I think this was his third best game.

Mixon seals the win for Houston with a 9 yard run for a first down. Finishes with 159 yards and a TD on 30 carries.

They are going to lose by 80 next week.

Garbage

All right you got 3 minutes.