Week 2: Bengals @ Cowboys

[jonf45uk]

Good thing we're winning all these easy games with our schedule

[TJJackson]

Can we blame King Charles?

[Stripes]

0-2 teams have made the playoffs 11% of the time since 1990.

It’s not some ludicrous impossibility, but with this schedule it’s hard to be optimistic.

The only silver lining is that the entire division ate shit.

[AMPHAR]

Might want to actually practice in training camp

[glasgowbengal]

You can’t play like absolute fucks for 3 quarters and expect anything in this league 

[Stripes]

Jets up next. Probably won’t be easy.

[TJJackson]

Based on the absolute shit play we've seen so far, I can't imagine any game to be easy at this point

I wonder how Uzomah is doing

[volcom69]

2 minutes ago, AMPHAR said:

Might want to actually practice in training camp

Yup instead we have a coach who calls the guys and tells them he is proud of them so take a couple extra weeks off. Then don’t play anyone for a snap in the preseason and have light practices. What a joke 

[volcom69]

Well at this point if history tells us anything there will be no playoffs for the bengals this season! 
 

This is crazy for the amount of high talented players on this team there is no way this should happen. No way this team should only start playing good  until the fourth quarter. 
 

Happy they made the super bowl last year, because we might not be watching them at all this postseason. Hopefully they prove history wrong

[AMPHAR]

La’el  Collins either sucks or is woefully rusty.     The o line was physically dominated.

D-line rebounded in second half. 
 

But you could see this coming; any outside analyst coming through the TC tour noted how soft their camp was in comparison to others they had seen. 

Then they double down on this stupidity and don’t even let 4 new online starters get any game reps. 
 

 

[AMPHAR]

Might be time to fire Pollack.   Everyday TC reports his line got whooped and that’s all they’ve done so far this regular season.  
 

These players can’t be this bad. 

[volcom69]

Well Burrow looks like shit half the game, the o-line has no clue who to block. You don’t get Higgins or Boyd involved almost all game. 
 

It’s like Zac Taylor thinks he is invincible and refuses to change his game plan. Time for a change at least at calling plays! 

[ShulaSteakhouse]

 

 

[TJJackson]

I've never wavered from wanting Zakky-Boy gone, even when we won the AFC Crown with an amazing victory

sadly, as someone else said, his AFC Crown will keep him here at minimum through his contract extension

ah well

[Stripes]

I can understand the Zac Taylor ire. I’m pissed.

I’m not firing a coach that is tied for the franchise lead in playoff wins and the only one with any since Wyche.

Check back in if this continues though.

[HoosierCat]

Taylor and Callahan have never been able to game plan worth shit. The offense continually wasting the first half of games demonstrates that. But he just got a new deal and The Family just got $100 million plus in free naming rights coin thanks to last year’s run so absent 0-17 there be no substantial changes there,

The oline is a joke. It will probably get better but anyone who was around in the bad old days knows this tune. The old “Bungles” routinely had to play their way into shape over the first 4-6 weeks, by which time the season was lost.

I love Burrow but he’s got no shot out there right now. He’s being set up to fail.

The defense is actually decent. If the O had anything at all they might have a chance but as is…forget it.

[volcom69]

3 minutes ago, HoosierCat said:

Taylor and Callahan have never been able to game plan worth shit. The offense continually wasting the first half of games demonstrates that. But he just got a new deal and The Family just got $100 million plus in free naming rights coin thanks to last year’s run so absent 0-17 there be no substantial changes there,

The oline is a joke. It will probably get better but anyone who was around in the bad old days knows this tune. The old “Bungles” routinely had to play their way into shape over the first 4-6 weeks, by which time the season was lost.

I love Burrow but he’s got no shot out there right now. He’s being set up to fail.

The defense is actually decent. If the O had anything at all they might have a chance but as is…forget it.

Well there really is not a whole lot different from last year to this year. Zac still calls the plays, there o-line still sucks, the RB is the same the WR are the same, but the QB is playing some terrible football right now. 
 

They need to figure out what’s wrong with Joe, chances are it because he is hit every other play. However he is off not sure if he is seeing the field right, or maybe just running in circles back there. It does not help that the play calling is shit, and the o-line sucks, but they did last year as well. Need to figure it out before it’s to late! 

[ArmyBengal]

Well, my steaks were really good and washed down well with the cold beers.
Didn't even watch the extended preseason game from when I fired up the grill.

I can say this though, if what is happening right now is a true indication of the talent on this team (I really don't think it is) they are are going to catch hell fielding a competitive team once they are eating the Burrow and Chase contracts coming due.

So much for taking advantage of the window being open...

[HoosierCat]

Oh boy. Oh boy oh boy oh boy…

I…I..I don’t ever know where to start…

[ArmyBengal]

I don't even know what the hell that is suppose to mean, but it doesn't sound good.

[volcom69]

Ugh

[volcom69]

So they don’t have a clue what to do in the first half, they have no clue how to adjust mid game, they must wait till halftime to figure something out. 
 

Yea something with these guys are off, just everything. Like army said there is only a small window in the NFL fix the problem now, because the time will be up soon. 

[AMPHAR]

Until you can line up and run the ball down a defenses throat it won’t change.

Look how Dallas got Cooper comfortable.  Power running.   That basically stole the game. 
 

Pollack can’t get it done so far.  Don’t know what to say because these players can’t suck that bad. 

[HoosierCat]

10 minutes ago, ArmyBengal said:

I don't even know what the hell that is suppose to mean, but it doesn't sound good.

Well, to use a reply from someone who explains it concisely:

Looking at tape of the next team is worthless because they are looking at the tapes of the teams that beat you and that’s what they are going to play. You want to win look back not ahead.

[Stripes]

It's clear that Joe is not comfortable with what he is seeing on the field. Defensive staffs have had an entire offseason to figure out Joe Burrow, so he is going to have to turn it around on them. This sort of happened to Mahomes last year.