(11-04-2017, 09:26 AM)Aamericus 2.0 Wrote: I have been super busy the last week or so and haven't had a chance to sit down and look at much of anything regarding the game or the Bengals to see what kind of match up this is going to be, so help a sister out. Cliff's Notes breakdown would suffice. 

How good is the Bengals' defense? Can they stop the run effectively against someone like Fournette? I imagine he will have double coverage of some sort which will mean one less person paying attention to the field of play. Will this make Blake more effective and/or give our other RB and/or WR's more of a chance to make plays?

How is their offense? I don't doubt our defense can handle themselves, but IIRC the last I heard we were still having issues with pass rushing. I could be wrong on that, if so, please correct me. As I said, I have been super busy and, at this point, my brain is so fried from everything going on it's hard to keep everything straight.

Whoa.

Ok. No, we are not lacking pass rush. In fact we lead the league in sacks and takeaways. The Bengals OLine is one of the worst in the league so our DLine should give Dalton nightmares. Campbell leads the league in sacks with 10. Yannick is 2nd in the league in pressures. We just added Dareus who should help with the run defense. You should watch this defense play. They are amazing to watch.

On defense, the Bengals are top 5 but they’re middle of the road against the run. In regards to Blake being effective, that depends on him and the OLine. Atkins and Dunlap are very good rushing the passer so everyone needs to be on the same page.

I expect the Jags to win but who knows. Jags matchup well against the Bengals so if they don’t turn the ball over and play well on special teams, Jags should win easily.

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