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I attended thanks to tickets donated by mem :-)    much appreciated mem :-)

The Jermaine TD was a great moment

This Josh Newton fellow looks like a keeper

My eldest daughter went with me....this was her first Bengals game, and she seemed to follow along after I explained to her all the basics.  at the end pf the game, she even asked my why they went for the TD instead of the FG that would have tied it, so she had a pretty good grasp by end of game

I had my first stadium beer ever, so scratch that one off the old bucket list - basically a 2 dollar draft for 12 dollars

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Boy oh boy how pissed I would have been at the decision to go for a TD instead of a fg in the last minute trailing 14-17 if this had been a real game

but preseason, I get it.  Put your potential backup players in a high stress situation and see how they react   It was a short distance and you already know Money Mac would have gotten it the 3 here, so use the downs to learn something about your backups

all good

I was kinda surprised that they were playing 7th stringers in the 1st quarter.  Lots of Shedrick Jackson. Kendrick Pryor, and and Kwame Lassiter rather early on.  Jake should have been given a lot more second stringers to work with like Andre.  Then again, we already know what we have in Jake.  Hes locked in as QB2.  so what could your bubble-level WRs do with a solid QB throwing to them? Not a lot, it appears.  Get well soon, Chuck Sizzle. and FO?  Fucking sign WR1 N O W.  I do mean N O W.  do it you worthless farks.

Didnt like seeing Trenton Irwin returning punts.  We know what he can do there already, which is meh.  Give someone else a shot.

I didnt see Burton til 4th quarter, and he played like a r1 pick when he did come on

I was shocked to see Chris Evans in so much.  I thought he was in the doghouse

Dax Hill looked really sharp in his new role.  He's a ballhawk.  Loved to see it.

I didnt watch the OL closely because I was talking to my kid too much.  A worthy trade I would do it again if given a re-do,

Player to watch next week: DT Travis Bell.  Not just because wea re thin at DT right now, but he has himself a resume-making game

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Zack Moss was ill so he was not dressed and not on the sidelines.

impressive showings by Myles Murphy and Ossai, the inside DL is still an issue Kris Jenkins didn't have a good game and not really much improvement from zak Carter.

Jackson Carmen is hanging on to a roster spot by the tip of his fingernails, there was just no excuse to have 3 holds against guys that will not have NFL jobs by the end of preseason and false starting in your own house in a preseason game.....

I think someone who has just really pushed for a roster spot is UDFA Maeta Njongmeta.  He will make them think about keeping a 5th LB as he was outstanding 10 T 7 Solo if he keeps that up he will seriously be in their thoughts.

Overall the 1st team offence looked solid and the only way is up from there.

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I wouldn’t be surprised if carman was deliberately screwing up. He has no future here and knows it. The sooner he gets cut, the better it is for both him and the team. Frankly I have no idea why he’s here at all. He’s a sub replacement level guy and he needed to be gone at least a year ago.

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I thought Carman played good in the first half and the holding call was suspect.    I think he's the final tackle on the roster of now.   We'll see.

1. Starting O-line played very well.   Great pocket on that first and only drive.

2. Murphy had some nice rushes.   The TB QB was getting the ball out and looked comfortable finding holes in the coverage. 

3. Need to see better from the IDL depth.  Wasn't impressed.    Wasn't impressed with Battle either in run support still takes bad angles. 

4. Jake Browning had a horrible horrible game.  Considering how much starting experience he has now.  I don't know why the ball gets stuck in his hand going up against back ups with what I assume not a very complicated game plan.   He just struggles to the deliver the ball.   The INT he threw was completely on him that ball should have been out a full second or 2 and its a TD.   Very poor showing, IMO.    If you compare to how easily the Tampa Bay backup QB was getting the ball vs. vanilla game plan and back ups to Browning, not good.    Just don't get why he didn't have at least 2 scoring drives.     His decision to scramble at the end of the half was bad.   Expect a lot more from a player that has won regular season games.

 

 

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this may be nitpicking on my part, but Im gonna say it anyway

The folks running the jumbotron have several different displays that encourage the fans to get louder

This is fine and good and all, no issues with it per se

the problem is their timing

almost always on first down or during timeouts, which is the worst possible time to use these

You want crowd noise mainly on 3rd down, 4th down, and on x and goal plays

Dont wear out the available crowd noise on 1st down.  Please.  Its just stupid.

People can only yell/scream so much before their throats give out.  its a limited resource.  Use it wisely, at the correct times, and by doing so, teach your fans to do it at he right times

yes it was a preseason game, but even in preseason its good to train the crowd to supply needed crowd noise when it is needed the most

the jumbotron actually had to display a message at least one reminding the crowd that we are on offense, so be quiet

our fans dont seem to understand their "12th man" role, and the folks running the jumbotron should try to educate them so that home field advantage really and truly is an advantage

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1 hour ago, WelshBengal said:

sorry how you can say Carmen had a good game is beyond me, the team had 8 penalties and carmen had 4 of those up against backups.  a 4th year player should not be doing that at all suspect calls or not.

agreed

that said, someone said earlier maybe he is just trying to get off this team.....I think that happens regardless, honestly, and if he were smart he'd be considering his preseason tape as his audition tape for his next team.  Ie he should be giving it his best

I am sure thats what his agent is telling him

whether he listens to his agent or not is another matter entirely

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