Joe Burrow on Bengals' 0-3 Start, Critical Matchup With Panthers | NFL Week 4 

exactly

I stg

Burrow played good... But Burrow also lost in a shootout with a ton of weapons... all his weapons... AND with a decimated DL (which Burrow/coaches knew before the game... knew all week... knew for several weeks bc they had 4 DL injuries before week 1) So based on that information, what is one of the worse things the offense could do.... not dominate the TOP and not stay in the lead (both help this defense when fully healthy but are required when this defense/DL is decimated with injuries) So if you are a defensive coordinator what is the easiest way to get Burrow off the field quickly if you don't have a good/great defense or even if you do have a good defense? Bait Burrow into a quick TD with a single high safety and/or single coverage on Ja'Marr (everyone knows this is what Burrow and Ja'Marr want because they literally complain about not getting it all the time) So 1st possession- Burrow was on the field for 3:23 after a deep ball to Ja'Marr for a quick TD 2nd possession- Daniels was on the field for 6:12 (almost twice the time = the beginning of wearing down this struggling/decimated defense) 3rd possession - Burrow 5:34, missed FG = 0 points so now their defense & special teams are juiced from stopping any points... momentum is real and that excitement can help their defense get through longer drives in the belief that they can stop Burrow from scoring... which they did on Burrow's next 2 possessions when they forced 2 more field goals so half ends in 21-13 ... and Burrow has ONLY scored 6 points and special teams have scored 7 points in the 1st half After the half... Our defense did force a field goal on Daniels on commanders 2nd possession after the half and score is 31-20 BUT how are the Bengals decimated defense rewarded for making their 1st stop to let the offense catch up and after being on the field for 11:39 since the 2nd half started... Burrow throws another quick TD to Ja'Marr and the offense is only on the field for 1:48 Then the Bengals decimated struggling defense is right back out on the field for 7:32 I get that the offense needs to catch up but Burrow should have given the defense longer than 1:48 OR even better Burrow should have scored more than 0 points on 3 possessions in the 1st half so they weren't in this position (special teams scored 6 points on those 3 possessions in 1st half)... Burrow even said this in his presser - that not scoring more in the 1st half made the biggest difference (Kris Jenkins is out there for some snaps in the 2nd half but hasn't played football since before his surgery and this is his 1st NFL game with a club) IMO Burrow & his offense is being paid and the defense is not so it is on Burrow to win games by taking a lead and keeping a lead. Burrow has received $40M signing bonus last September and a $70M check in March so $110M in bonuses with his new contract so he has all that money that couldn't be used on defense... that some/all was used on multiple other players around him before he got his huge contract. Tee is making $21M and Ja'Marr is making $53M ÷ 5 yrs = $10.6 M per year on his rookie contract and he wants $40M per which will cut into the defense even deeper... So what if throwing go balls or quick TDs to Ja'Marr may actually result in losing games

And that last touchdown was pointless and it lost me my fantasy game. I had Joe at quarterback my opponent had Zack moss burrow lost me that game because of that pass

Forsure

Right. Watch his next game he doesnt do no where near what he did to us.

Not even a super star, more like a hall of farmer 😡😡😠

We have a tendency to make rookies and backups look like HoFers over recent years.

No he was amazing. Our bad defence had nothing to do with his accuracy rating. That last touchdown was a pin point throw. And under great pressure. The kid is going to make people notice in this league.

​@@qtheband751it was more the ineptitude of the defense. Daniels couldn't even score a TD against the Giants. They had to settle for FGs. Not taking anything away from him but what we saw Mo day night was an outlier made possible by an historically bad performance by a below average defense

Nope. They haven’t built a good enough team around Joe and they never will.

hubbard is the good one

What about our red zone we have been terrible in the red zone all year

Lou needs to go. Our guys fight to get open, Bengals leave 15 yards so their players catch everything. How many 4th down conversions did this Rookie have , and was confident. I shriek Everytime Bengals go on 4th down. Sad.

Dallas goes through the same thing. Jerry Jones pulling the rest of hair out. Him and Mike Brown wants to see a Superbowl Game again.

@@MarkHall-ft9goThe difference is that Jones is willing to spend the money. Brown may want another SB appearance but he’s too F’ing cheap to make it happen. It’s unfair to the team and fans.

@@qtheband751 he doesn't have many years left in him. He's about the money. A .500 team will fill the seats up.

This should be top comment u hit it ob the head brother i cant believe we let him go

Mixon was/is a stud and an asset

Mixon stunk

He's been pretty laid back to start, though, and we've seen Joe get fired up. He's had a couple moments (one first down run where he took a hit @KC he got pretty animated), but I think he's gonna bring a little more intensity to get the defense to buy in. Like you said, no need to be artificial, but Joe got that dawg in him he'll let it out

@@hammersbaseball11 Joe has his process that he needs to be his best during games and he has the most mentally taxing position. So he should continue to do what he needs. I've seen him talk to many players during games briefly. So if he has the time & energy fine but there should be leaders on defense in every group talking to their guys plus their position coaches. The best thing Joe can do for the defense during games is be at his best and lead his offense to score 3, 6 or 8 every possession and keep the defense off the field But if you are saying that the defense and special teams don't have any connection to Joe off the field then maybe they should bring back ping pong or chess or Basketball or something that Joe does with them in smaller groups to create those connections to the other 2 phases of the team

@bengalsfandom623 Not exactly that they don't have an off-field connection, although I do think they'll get closer over the year as a whole team. It's more so that Mixon was a very vocal leader, and Boyd had been with the bengals through everything. They were a real backbone for the identity of the team. And on defense, losing Reader is big....Rankins looked nice but got injured, BJ always brings energy and has also been out. That right there is just tough luck, but gotta have the depth to respond and the leadership to mentor them to success. Last thing on my rant, is we gotta get Jordan Battle more snaps. Tackling has been an issue, and he already proved as a rookie to be an exceptional talent in the run game which we could benefit from greatly.

​@@hammersbaseball11 Definitely use to see Mixon always hyping up the crowd and his teammates, and used to see Boyd standing on the sidelines hyping up the defense So I definitely could see a void with the energy they brought on offense but I thought maybe Ted & Orlando brought some of that or they could since they both like to be vocal. Would be great if Ja'Marr could do more of that or channel some of his smack talk toward defenses into hyping up our defense (seems like Ja'Marr likes to be vocal) Used to always see Hilton hyping up everyone also and running up & down the sidelines while offense is on the field

​@@hammersbaseball11 Lou loved Battle and was so excited to draft him and now Lou is choosing to not play him... so what happened? ...Because Lou also felt the need to bring Bell back... that no one stepped up to do the things Vonn had done in Vonn's absence last yea

Fr though. He needs to lay into them. He's the franchise

Hopefully that's what joe starts doing now

Should be Logan Wilson

Murphy hasn’t played this year, still to early to call him a busy

@@dustingoff8591 what has he done in a year and 3 games?

😂😂😂 not with all of them hundreds of millions.. he has STOLEN.

I hope he leaves. He deserves better.

As Bengals we technically are cats. We just don't need pussy cats.

Our offense wasn’t the problem bud

I don’t understand these comments, when our offense did just fine lmao, the defense was our downfall that game.

@@Chupapiyayaya I understand that but I feel it holds the whole system back and are not as explosive

@@kahunaky I agree our offense in 2 minute drill at the end was insane

@@kahunakywe had like 4-5 30+ yard plays

trust your instincts and intuition

it's kind of like letting someone know, who's having trouble removing an adhesive sticker, that the heat of a blow-dryer or the heat of their own breath, can help to more easily remove adhesive stickers... 😉

AHHH

UHHH

OHHH

Wait an see😂

Did he not do what he had to do the last game?

@@ImVirals he played well the last game. However, that would mean he has not played well for the majority of the games this season. When you pay someone a superstar amount, is it unreasonable to expect a superstar performance more often than not?

@@farkbodark7462 he played good against mahomes and better against the commanders he only slacked the first game imo but you can’t go toe to toe with pat mahomes if your “not so much into football” or throw for 300+ 3tds sure they could be 3-0 if it was the “joe cool” form 2021 or 2022 but it’s clear to me he’s putting his heart into it even if it’s not at the previous superstar level

Oh, for God's sake, he's definitely not the problem, he's doing great and unfortunately he can't play for others like you wish. and very into fashion? give a BREAK

They might. Maybe it will get Taylor fired.

yea ok relax bro this team will be fine . What’s the difference between one more loss than 0-2 ? This team will fw ok

Hes not been the issue you clown. This fan base and city don't deserve him I swear 😂 hope he Palmers us, I really do. He deserves way more than this fan base and horrendous front office.

@@jtbear77 I’m relaxed. You just keep on hoping for better. We shall see what happens.

Joe isn't the type of guy to think like that