Random thoughts on the Bengals game

[Simon]

Frustrating game (again) and a bad loss for seedings.

But it's not the end of their run. They lost by 6 to a desperate, playoff-caliber team at their house in primetime. That happens to good teams, too.

I will say I did like their attitude tonight. They've been intimidated by the Bengals in the past and they absolutely were not tonight. It was their guys doing some ducking tonight and their guys taking home extra ice after the game.

 

>Who'd have ever thought our defense would desperately need Terrel Bernard going forward? Because they do. They really do.

 

> Thrilled with what I saw from both of our new acquisitions tonight. No way you could take Dane off the field the way he was attacking, but I'd have liked ot see Linval taking more of Jordan Phillips' snaps, who was a liability tonight.

 

> Most pissed about the leg whip. I think it was Hendrickson AGAIN (it was the RDE) going after Allen's lower legs on a freaking dirtbag play that causes real injuries. I hope he gets drunk and gets rolled in town tonight.

 

>Diggs and Kincaid are a nice duo for Josh. I'd really like to see Shakir more involved as the 3rd guy. Those two threats from Diggs/Kincaid can be leveraged to create space in various parts of the field that Shakir can take advantage of. Wasting more key downs on Gabe Davis is never productive.

 

> The DLine is going to take a ton of flak, but they won the trench most of the night. That ball was gone as soon as his back foot hit and they knew they were going to keep having success attacking the Bills "linebackers" and struggling safeties as soon as Bernard went down.

 

> There are too many good players on this team to look like that over extended stretches. This is not as well-coached a team as it should be, particularly on offense. I don't want to see anybody fired tomorrow, but I would not shed any tears if they went in a different direction at OC this offseason.

 

>Interesting night for both the Bills OT's. Anybody going to call out Dawkins for his borderline Jawaan Taylor impersonation tonight? Not to his face, though. And I also wondered several times tonight if Linval can just start at Tackle and play two ways.

 

 

 

 

[Dr.Sack]

We are on to the Broncos, no?

[Simon]

1 minute ago, Dr.Sack said:

We are on to the Broncos, no?

 

Tomorrow

[Dr.Sack]

Just now, Simon said:

 

Tomorrow

5 minutes gotcha.

[RiotAct]

funny you mention Dawkins, there were at least 4 or 5 plays where  I was holding my breath waiting for the false start flag.

[Thrivefourfive]

You are a positive person @Simon God bless you.

 

At 5-4, the Bills are very close to the marker where positivity can’t be fake it until you make it. With this roster, 5-4 is troublesome, and an indicator of problems now, and probably more to come. 

[BuffaloRebound]

Linval Joseph’s stuff of Burrow and subsequent body slam was friggin beautiful and really changed the tone of the game for the defense.  It’s too bad the offense was brutal for the majority of the game because that was winnable.  

Edited November 6, 2023 by BuffaloRebound

[Bermuda Triangle]

Bengals are a scumbag franchise, starting with the Brown family, to Taylor to their players (Hendrickson, CTB, Mixon, etc).

 

little to nothing from Miller, Epenesa, Oliver and Rousseau, again.

 

Aside from Douglas nearly punching out the ball from Smith, once again, didn’t come close to forcing a TO.

 

inability to cover the TE - any of them - was embarrassing. 
 

McDermott was a liability tonight.  Same with Sam Martin.

 

 

[Maine-iac]

After a quick look we had the same number of drives as the Bengals.  Almost the same number of first downs.  Similiar 3rd down efficiency.  Big difference was time of possession and 2 turnovers.  Kincaid doesn't fumble it's entirely possible that we win this game even with the offense again looking like it doesn't want to score for 2 quarters.  

[RiotAct]

Just now, Bermuda Triangle said:

 

McDermott was a liability tonight.  Same with Sam Martin.

 

the hang time on his first punt was like 0.9 seconds 😂

[Low Positive]

1 minute ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

Bengals are a scumbag franchise, starting with the Brown family, to Taylor to their players (Hendrickson, CTB, Mixon, etc).

 

little to nothing from Miller, Epenesa, Oliver and Rousseau, again.

 

Aside from Douglas nearly punching out the ball from Smith, once again, didn’t come close to forcing a TO.

 

inability to cover the TE - any of them - was embarrassing. 
 

McDermott was a liability tonight.  Same with Sam Martin.

 

 

I saw a Pacman Jones jersey in Kroger on Friday. That's how they roll in Cincinnati. 

[Simon]

25 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said:

Lincam Joseph’s stuff of Burrow and subsequent body slam was friggin beautiful and really changed the tone of the game for the defense.  It’s too bad the offense was brutal for the majority of the game because that was winnable.  

 

It really did.

That whole game started to change right there.

 

 

22 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

I saw a Pacman Jones jersey in Kroger on Friday. That's how they roll in Cincinnati. 

Was he working?

[Dr.Sack]

1 minute ago, Maine-iac said:

After a quick look we had the same number of drives as the Bengals.  Almost the same number of first downs.  Similiar 3rd down efficiency.  Big difference was time of possession and 2 turnovers.  Kincaid doesn't fumble it's entirely possible that we win this game even with the offense again looking like it doesn't want to score for 2 quarters.  

The Bills losing FG at end of 1st half cost us 3. McD should have tried a bomb with clock running tho. Also Kincaid dives instead of trying to get RAC it’s another 3 minimum. That’s 6 points in a 6 point game theoretically.

[Simon]

1 minute ago, RiotAct said:

the hang time on his first punt was like 0.9 seconds 😂

 

Yeah, it changed the scoreboard in a game we lost by 6 

[Bermuda Triangle]

1 minute ago, FrenchConnection said:

I saw a Pacman Jones jersey in Kroger on Friday. That's how they roll in Cincinnati. 

No Vontaze Burfict gear?

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, Dr.Sack said:

McD should have tried a bomb with clock running tho

 

If he had tried it, Taylor would have just called TO and they have to punt anyways.

[Draconator]

I'm feeling better about this team than I have since the beginning of the Jacksonville game. I'm not saying we are going to win the Super Bowl, but I have more hope we will come around and make a run at it. 

[Bermuda Triangle]

1 minute ago, Simon said:

 

If he had tried it, Taylor would have just called TO.

The punt team was on the field, both teams let the clock run out.  Why did he not call a TO with :01 left and throw a Hail Mary?

[Mango]

13 minutes ago, Simon said:

Frustrating game (again) and a bad loss for seedings.

But it's not the end of their run. They lost by 6 to a desperate, playoff-caliber team at their house in primetime. That happens to good teams, too.

I will say I did like their attitude tonight. They've been intimidated by the Bengals in the past and they absolutely were not tonight. It was their guys doing some ducking tonight and their guys taking home extra ice after the game.

 

>Who'd have ever thought our defense would desperately need Terrel Bernard going forward? Because they do. They really do.

 

> Thrilled with what I saw from both of our new acquisitions tonight. No way you could take Dane off the field the way he was attacking, but I'd have liked ot see Linval taking more of Jordan Phillips' snaps, who was a liability tonight.

 

> Most pissed about the leg whip. I think it was Hendrickson AGAIN (it was the RDE) going after Allen's lower legs on a freaking dirtbag play that causes real injuries. I hope he gets drunk and gets rolled in town tonight.

 

>Diggs and Kincaid are a nice duo for Josh. I'd really like to see Shakir more involved as the 3rd guy. Those two threats from Diggs/Kincaid can be leveraged to create space in various parts of the field that Shakir can take advantage of. Wasting more key downs on Gabe Davis is never productive.

 

> The DLine is going to take a ton of flak, but they won the trench most of the night. That ball was gone as soon as his back foot hit and they knew they were going to keep having success attacking the Bills "linebackers" and struggling safeties as soon as Bernard went down.

 

> There are too many good players on this team to look like that over extended stretches. This is not as well-coached a team as it should be, particularly on offense. I don't want to see anybody fired tomorrow, but I would not shed any tears if they went in a different direction at OC this offseason.

 

>Interesting night for both the Bills OT's. Anybody going to call out Dawkins for his borderline Jawaan Taylor impersonation tonight? Not to his face, though. And I also wondered several times tonight if Linval can just start at Tackle and play two ways.

 

 

 

 

Cook as a threat in the passing game should make Gabe what everybody wants him to be, an opportunistic receiving threat. 
 

With the amount of targets between Diggs/Kincaid, there should have been more opportunities than we actually capitalized on in the one. I used rewind on a few drives, there were certainly opportunities, but A22 is way more accurate.  

[Simon]

Just now, Bermuda Triangle said:

The punt team was on the field, both teams let the clock run out.  Why did he not call a TO with :01 left and throw a Hail Mary?

 

I had actually left the room at that point so didn't watch the sequence live.

I'm not too upset about not trying a Hail Mary at halftime. 🤷‍♂️