Agree run game is on struggle bus, Zac sucks at play calling, and iol is not the best. But def is real reason for our record. Can't have bad run stop, no pass rush give up plays in secondary, horrible tackling, limited turnovers, etc, etc.
What can save a struggling coach is talent. I thiink the Bengals should insert a vertical pass game with Burton and force teams out of Tampa two. I honestly feel Burton can hide Taylors deficiencies and help improve the running game by sorrading out the defense!! Burton is the key to the turn around!!
I want to see Lou just let the d line handle the run. Stacking the box has gotten us cooked by the pass, to the point where I’d rather just let a team get 4-5 yards per play on the ground and hope that one of these d lineman step up. This defense is at its best when Wilson and Pratt are in coverage. Let the d line earn their check, if they can’t stop the run so be it but these dbs are not able to play man every play.
Mike Brown is the problem. He hired Zac Taylor; he doesn't resign good players like Jesse Bates; and he's notoriously cheap so great coaches simply won't come to Cincy to coach.
Plz don't make excuses, they are who they are. We've been seeing these things going on long enough. Get a new staff and save the talent that's been acquired.
This team has been mentally weak since Zac Taylor became coach. He is a " Yes Man" and wants that kind of players & coaches around him. The results are no one challenges his weaknesses. All they do is sign on to it. This team is too damn talented to be 3-5. I predicted a 10-7 season based on our Last Place schedule this year. They will be lucky to break .500 this year. That is barring injuries. If they don't make any major moves they've given up as an franchise. This team doesn't need more talented rookies. They need seasoned Vets with winning Big Games in their DNA. No rookie can fix poor coaching and training.
First off ...Why is everybody making burrow a victim did you forget how rich he just got off his performances.......He has been well compensated...I really thought he would of already restructured his deal too keep his guys...But the defense is a problem...
The season isn't cooked. Still 9th in the AFC, still one or two games back from the WC, and--depending on tonights Pitt game--still 2 (or 3) games back in the division. There is still plenty of room to improve and climb into a WC spot. That said... they have to start beating winning teams. Philly was a major test yesterday and Cincy could only run with them for just over 2 quarters. Defense gave up scores on every drive starting with the 2nd quarter. That is a recipe for disaster. If they can't find a way to get some stops, then yeah the season is cooked.
@@spaceknight793 We have to win out the rest of the season. Meaning, we must beat Baltimore , Pittsburgh x2 and Cleveland. This team is incapable of looking in and having the MOTIVATION to accomplish this task. These slow starts and losing games we should win will be our undoing come Playoff time. Burrow is a great QB but we can't keep relying on his herorics to save us. Honesty I hope Burrow and Chase find a new team that will put a winning TEAM ( defense, special teams, running game, coaching and management) with a common goal. Winning a Super Bowl. Burrow can't do it alone.
49:39 if you pass it every play then you’re letting the other teams pass rushers go crazy. There has to be at least a couple run plays or you aren’t gonna be able to keep defenses honest. Interior o line is booty tho and I feel like the bengals should make a move for an interior o lineman at the deadline cause the price tag isn’t gonna be that hefty.
1:09:18 front office and ownership lost the locker room when they didn’t pay anyone on the team. Zac Taylor is not a good coach but the culture going to shit is not his fault.
@@jefferydoherty7368 I believe the defense carried them there. It definitely wasn’t Zac Taylor’s play calling. Anyone who says that would be a straight up liar.
@ShaheedAli-e2q thank you for replying. In the years I mentioned the Def was better. Not sound. Remember the chiefs game b4 superbowl (in dec). Bills game b4 afc championship.
Who Dey from Calgary Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 you would think the Bengals would put more emphasis on the running game to try and put some pressure off the offense and get in a proper rhythm I have never seen so many problems on 3rd and 4th down ? Just too much talent being put to waste play calling has sucked all season and the last couple seasons 😒
Reader was asked about contract talks with the Bengals during his appearance on the Up And Adams Show With Kay Adams. "I felt like I was there during rehab doing my thing and the talks just never happened," Reader said. "They didn't happen until free agency happened and by that time I'm like 'I should probably go see what else there is to offer since it didn't seem like during that time that it was a focus of me being there.' But that might not have been the case, might have had some other things to figure out, but that's just how I felt, so just kinda how I took it. So I just really wanted to make sure I weighed all my options at that time."
I don’t think special teams is really worth talking about that in depth. There’s a lot bigger issues than missing kicks. This team isn’t a kicker away from being a contender. IOL is trash so they can’t run the ball. Entire defense is trash. We really boutta waste prime burrow and Jamarr.
50 yarders is a 50/50 shot and for a team that gets stalled 50 yards away or scores a td literally no in-between, and is more likely to stallout. Stop putting mac in the worst position possible to bail your dumbass offense out!
The only reason the Eagles didn't score in the 1st qrt is because we got the ball with 4 minutes left in the Qtr. What game were you watching that you during realize that lol😂
