Stripes Posted November 16, 2014 Report Posted November 16, 2014 Dalton's house of horrors. Predict the outcome: the less sense it makes the better.I feel bad about it right now, but WTF do I know. Quote
gregcook68 Posted November 16, 2014 Report Posted November 16, 2014 Dalton's house of horrors. Predict the outcome: the less sense it makes the better.I feel bad about it right now, but WTF do I know.Hey, how bad did everyone feel about today before 1pm? Quote
HoosierCat Posted November 16, 2014 Report Posted November 16, 2014 Don't ask me. Do we get QB rating 2 Andy or QB rating 141 Andy? Do we get a D that can tackle or not? Do we get bury every kickoff Nuge or miss the game winner Nuge? Do we get stupid challenge Marvin or awesome time management before the half Marvin? Tune in next week to find out, same Bat time, same bat channel. Quote
gregcook68 Posted November 16, 2014 Report Posted November 16, 2014 Don't ask me. Do we get QB rating 2 Andy or QB rating 141 Andy? Do we get a D that can tackle or not? Do we get bury every kickoff Nuge or miss the game winner Nuge? Do we get stupid challenge Marvin or awesome time management before the half Marvin? Tune in next week to find out, same Bat time, same bat channel.That's the inconsistency this year for sure. They desperately need to have 2 more solid games like today, that they haven't had since the first 3 of the season, and 2 of those were at home. Quote
volcom69 Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 I will be curious to see who if any of the hurt guys come back. They may need to put everybody they have to help with JJ Watt lol. Quote
gregcook68 Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 I will be curious to see who if any of the hurt guys come back. They may need to put everybody they have to help with JJ Watt lol.Especially Smith. He'll have Newhouse for lunch! Quote
HoosierCat Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Not related to this game but the Texans may have knocked Dansby out for Cleveland for the year. Quote
HoosierCat Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Oh, and in other off topic news, congrats to the Oakland Raiders, the first team this year to be mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. Quote
Passepartout Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Raiders will go 0-16 indeed Quote
cincyhokie Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 If the Bengals can run the ball on the Texans, they'll win.Texans could be without playoff dream killer Arian Foster. That would be huge. Quote
HoosierCat Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Early word is Foster will play.That said he's my FF back so he'll have like 12 yards. You're welcome. Quote
cincyhokie Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Early word is Foster will play.That said he's my FF back so he'll have like 12 yards. You're welcome.Well. I'm having a terrible year in FF, too. Stafford is playing in NE next week so I'm forced to start...Ryan Mallett. You're welcome. Quote
HoosierCat Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Well if you're in the BZ league I threw Cutler in the trash last week...all yours! Quote
cincyhokie Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Well if you're in the BZ league I threw Cutler in the trash last week...all yours!I'm not, and I wouldn't take him anyway. I'm 2-8 in my league and my goal is to disrupt it as much as I can. Mallett? Why not? Quote
ArmyBengal Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 I'm just glad the Browns caught Mallett in his first start. At least the Bengals can take a look at the game tape against the Browns.I have no idea what to expect against the Texans. They are certainly a beatable team, but are amped after the win yesterday most thought they would lose.My son and I fly down Saturday and have some great tickets. We are linking up with some old Army buddies in the area and won't be back until Monday.Win or lose, I win because my son will be all sorts of happy seeing the Texans win. Good times ahead. Quote
membengal Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Whatever buttons the Bengals pushed to returning to being a physical team at both LOS, that is the button they need to keep pushing going forward. I have not seen that version of this team since the first half of the first game at Baltimore.Run the ball with mean intent and they can at least negate some of the worst of what Watt might do next weekend. Quote
HoosierCat Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 All I've learned from this season is that you can't make any judgments on how the Bengals will play next week based on their play the previous week. The only thing I'll note is that this is a whole different team when they get off to a good start. Yesterday the D bent but didn't break on the first drive, then the offense took the ball all the way down the field for a TD. If the Saints had recovered that fumble for a touchback instead of Gresham for the score, I'd bet good money they would have imploded and lost the game.Here's to another good start against Houston. Quote
HoosierCat Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Probably worth noting that we finally saw some of the younger guys get some snaps on defense. With Hall sidelined by a sore Achilles, Dre got 43 (of 71) defensive snaps. Abnd for once he apparently didn't look like toast. Dennard got 15 defensive snaps, and Clarke got 10. Clarke recorded one tackle and it was a nice play: https://vine.co/v/O5ID59Oqd29Also a shout-out to Rex Burkhead. He only got seven snaps but turned three of them into receptions for 36 yards. Quote
gregcook68 Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Whatever buttons the Bengals pushed to returning to being a physical team at both LOS, that is the button they need to keep pushing going forward. I have not seen that version of this team since the first half of the first game at Baltimore.Run the ball with mean intent and they can at least negate some of the worst of what Watt might do next weekend.This NFL season has been one of the strangest I've seen. If the Bengals lose in Texas, and the Steelers win tonight, coupled with Ravens and Browns victory next week, they go from first to last, just like the Browns did yesterday. Just about every team has had a blowout loss as well. Quote
Wraith Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 I don't have a handle on this game at all.I could see almost any scenario playing though I think much will depend on how the injury situation looks coming 8 to Friday. Getting Gio, Taze, Newman, and Moons back would help alot. Quote
HoosierCat Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 I think they might get Smith back. He did try to go in practice last week. Newman I have no feeling about. Burfict is a mystery but after what happened with Warrick I'm in no rush. Not betting on Gio. The doc who writes National Football Posts' Monday Morning MD column went back and looked at the injury on tape and thinks it might be a 4-8 week thing.At least our depth looked better against NO.ETA per Hobs they "may" have everyone back but Burfict and Eifert. Quote
HoosierCat Posted November 18, 2014 Report Posted November 18, 2014 Looks like we will see more of Clarke. Per Lap Hunt out at least two weeks. Quote
gregcook68 Posted November 18, 2014 Report Posted November 18, 2014 I don't have a handle on this game at all.I could see almost any scenario playing though I think much will depend on how the injury situation looks coming 8 to Friday. Getting Gio, Taze, Newman, and Moons back would help alot.I gotta believe their winning percentage is sky high when they score on their first possession? Quote
ArmyBengal Posted November 18, 2014 Report Posted November 18, 2014 The Texans also got Clowney back against the Browns.While he didn't exactly light the world on fire, it's just another weapon teamed with JJ Watt. Quote
gregcook68 Posted November 18, 2014 Report Posted November 18, 2014 Steelers win and have a bye next week.Bengals must go to Texas with the same intensity as they had in New Orleans.If not, and the Ravens and Browns win next week, they go from first to last and back on life support! Quote
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