It's a good thing for Cincy that the D-line dominated Miami last night. Just about every player on their defensive front made plays and greatly contributed (Michael Johnson, Peko, Pat Sims, Margus Hunt, and even Will Clark from WVU made some really good plays).


Cincy's offense is still desperately missing Tyler Eifert. Bill Cowher mentioned this last night: "Bengals are really missing Tyler Eifert in the Red Zone, where he had 13 TDs".


He's right. Cincy has been getting into the Red Zone a lot this season and settling for FGs. Eifert is a monster in that area (He's actually their #1 Red Zone target when he plays). 13 TDs in about 13-14 games last year was awesome.


With their losing Marvin Jones and Sanu, the offense really took a step back now that Eifert is out also.


Defense is gonna have to keep being dominant if the Bengals keep settling for FGs.


Shout out to Mike Nugent though. It seems like his early career struggles have subsided. He went 5/5 FG last night and 1/1 XP. He was dominant like that in college. If he keeps drilling them like that, his confidence ought to start soaring again.

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