HoosierCat

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.

Hill down

Nice Chase.

Caught a break there. Hold on to the ball Joe.

This offense is a joke.

JFC

Good stop.

I’m so glad they cut their proven RB to save cap space they didn’t use. for the record, the Bengals had 77 yards in the first half. Joe Mixon had 62 first half yards against Indy.

Same shit different year. So much for the theories that a tougher camp or Burrow having a full camp would make a difference.

Woo hoo first down!