I didnt think the Meyer fiasco was going to end up being a big deal but you did hear some rumors from credible people in the media that he might be losing the players. And that had me worried. But based on today's game, there was none of that. Made a comment in the Urban fiasco thread that these are grown men playing for money. They want a guy that will help them win and help them play better in order to earn a bigger contract. If the team continues to lose, then Urban will lose the team. But if they can turn things around the fiasco will be completely forgotten.

This is the first game this season where I didnt think they played significantly better than the previous game. But I don't think they took a step back either which is important. I think this team is better than the record. But have played a tough stretch of games and played well in all three. I am a little worried they are peaking and this is the best they can be due to an overall lack of talent. But I do think Lawrence can continue to improve and I do think the coaches could do better. And if both of those things happen then I think things can (and should) continue to get better.

Lawrence continues to impress and get better. However he did miss a couple throws near the goaline before the bogus touchdown reversal. We shouldnt have even given the refs the opportunity to screw us. There were a couple missed touchdown throws but overall still continue to be impressed by what I'm see. I thought not having Chark and any deep threat really reared it's ugly head today. So many times he is having to complete throws in tight coverage, rarely getting guys running open.

Nothing to say about the refs that hasnt already been said. Just God awful. At a minimum a two touchdown swing. And we just aren't good enough yet to overcome bad officiating. Most teams probably aren't good enough to overcome two TD impact but we definitely aren't. We need to play well and we need the ball to bounce our direction so to speak.

I'm personally not ready to give up on Meyer. I don't believe a guy that was so successful in college winning in different fashions (out scheming more talented teams when at Utah and running elite programs at UF and Ohio St) has all of a sudden forgotten how to coach. But there are some things going on that are real head scratchers. And I don't have a problem with Meyer going through the learning curve of how to win in the NFL. But I do have a problem when the team makes the same mistakes. The goaline situation at Cincy very likely cost us that game. And now we have the same breakdown once again. Bad playcalling. And this time not having your best RB on the field. They had talked earlier in the year about making sure Robinson got the ball but here we are in a critical moment of the game and you've got your second tier back taking the pivotal handoff. Why are we still making that same mistake? Another major disconnect is Shenault. Didn't they just talk about making sure Shenault gets enough touches each game? I think that was only a week or two ago they said that. And now here we are and he barely got any touches. And look what he did when he finally got the ball in his hand. I'm just not sure enough of the issues they talk about end up getting resolved. That has me concerned. I'm still willing to chalk this up to them learning how to find a good rhythm of in game coaching. And I'm willing to give the coaches the credit of getting this team playing fairly well and being very competitive against better and more talented teams. But they still need to be better.

Overall I'm more disappointed today than I was after the Cardinals and Bengals games. If the refs hadnt screwed us out of that second Lawrence touchdown run, who knows how that game ends. But overall just not good enough. Defense continues to get shredded. No playmakers and no turnovers. Unless that changes, I just don't see a lot of wins on the schedule.

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