(12-05-2023, 05:02 PM)Mikey Wrote:

(12-05-2023, 03:53 PM)JagFan81 Wrote: I know the D had a bad game yesterday but they've had a pretty damn good season so far. I feel they've earned a bad game and sadly due to injuries it cost us a game.

I said in the gameday thread you've got to give the Bengals credit for coming in with a gameplan and the executed it very well and we couldn't find the solution.

But i think they bounce back against Flacco.

I said mid-game we need to go back and see how teams stopped us when we had Gabbert - everything was screens, short yardage. I think our guys were on their heels trying to avoid the deep ball or hoping that they could rely on speed to force Browning to float a few and steal a cheap turnover or three.

It's like they decided to play things safe, and we chose to let them take the safe stuff. There was no bite in our D. Just a complete pushover.

If they do that against CLE or BAL, it will get ugly.

This was what seemed to get us. 1st Q it was all short, quick passes and runs so we just stuffed the line and we're able to get them off the field. 2nd Q the Bengals opened it up and hit us deep and it seemed to completely unbalance us. It opened up the run game, PA, screens, it was all working for them and we couldn't find a way to stop anything and start making them more one dimensional. 

There were plenty of missed tackles, poor coverage, wide open, no pressure so it wasn't all on the coaches. Everyone on the D except Josh had a poor night. 

We desperately need some guys on the D to start making a difference and making big plays. Walker, Lloyd, Jenkins, RRH, we need these guys to step it up. 

I'm expecting a reaction against Cleveland and it could be a game where any points are huge so we need the D to have a big game.

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