Bengals @ WFT postgame thread

[mooby]

Congrats to the football team for handling business after Burrow went out. I suspect if he had played the entire game we might be discussing a different result. Good luck to the kid as I'm not hearing anything good about his injury. Hope it's just a simple ACL tear and not something worse.

Shoutout to the d-line for handling business with Finley in there. I still think JDR needs to be more creative because the game plan with bonafide starting qb's in there seems to be attack us with quick passes for small gains so we don't have time to rush the passer.

No easy answers on offense but it seems like they got energized after Burrow's injury, guessing they wanted to take advantage of the Bengals being demoralized by losing Burrow.

Hopkins - I see the replace Hopkins movement is picking up steam, my question is - if you know he's playing with an injury that might be affecting his field goal kicks why not stick him on IR and sign a temp replacement? For the most part of his career he's been reliable and idw replace him because he's not that good playing through injury.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Darby needs to be re-signed.

Add a legit FS and LB. Defense could be real nice next year.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Get a real No. 1 TE. 2nd or 3rd round or a GOOD free agent.

The WR core is growing on me but probably need to add 1 more weapon there.

Gibson was nice today.

[vallin21]

Originally Posted by mooby

Congrats to the football team for handling business after Burrow went out. I suspect if he had played the entire game we might be discussing a different result. Good luck to the kid as I'm not hearing anything good about his injury. Hope it's just a simple ACL tear and not something worse.

Shoutout to the d-line for handling business with Finley in there. I still think JDR needs to be more creative because the game plan with bonafide starting qb's in there seems to be attack us with quick passes for small gains so we don't have time to rush the passer.

No easy answers on offense but it seems like they got energized after Burrow's injury, guessing they wanted to take advantage of the Bengals being demoralized by losing Burrow.

Hopkins - I see the replace Hopkins movement is picking up steam, my question is - if you know he's playing with an injury that might be affecting his field goal kicks why not stick him on IR and sign a temp replacement? For the most part of his career he's been reliable and idw replace him because he's not that good playing through injury.

I’ll pushback on Hopkins. He’s been inconsistent for us even when healthy. At the very least we should’ve brought in stronger competition the last few seasons. My problem is he’s missed a few clutch kicks; notably the OT kick in London against the Bengals. If he’s injured, he should be on IR, because we’ll be in some close games coming down the stretch this year.

[SFREDSKIN]

The Burrow injury was definitely an accident, Jonathan Allen was wrestled down by a Bengal OL into Burrows leg. Here’s the video:

https://youtu.be/6hnVvGvdvFc

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

The Burrow injury was definitely an accident, Jonathan Allen was wrestled down by a Bengal OL into Burrows leg. Here’s the video:

https://youtu.be/6hnVvGvdvFc

That's what happens when your shitty o-line has to tackle a guy to prevent him from reaching the qb. Joe Burrow is the latest example of a team failing to protect a rookie qb with a solid offensive line, and now it's gonna cost the Bengals for the rest of the season at least.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by vallin21

I’ll pushback on Hopkins. He’s been inconsistent for us even when healthy. At the very least we should’ve brought in stronger competition the last few seasons. My problem is he’s missed a few clutch kicks; notably the OT kick in London against the Bengals. If he’s injured, he should be on IR, because we’ll be in some close games coming down the stretch this year.

I mean if your best example is a missed kick from 4 years ago that's not good enough for me.

And I'd be more concerned with him consistently missing clutch kicks if we fielded anything better than a dumpster fire team the last few years. I remember the days when we were trying out new kickers every week and guys like Graham Gano couldn't get a touchback on a kickoff to save their life, now we take that for granted every week.

I think if he's injured they should've put him on IR and done some tryouts, but it's too late for that already.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by mooby

That's what happens when your shitty o-line has to tackle a guy to prevent him from reaching the qb. Joe Burrow is the latest example of a team failing to protect a rookie qb with a solid offensive line, and now it's gonna cost the Bengals for the rest of the season at least.

This

[sdskinsfan2001]

Bengals fans are going bananas about the ownership, front office, HC, and Oline. Didn't see more very many comments about calling it dirty. That LG has apparently been wrecked all season.

Not our guys' faults. Just shitty circumstances/luck. He has torn ACL at a minimum. That's shitty.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by mooby

I mean if your best example is a missed kick from 4 years ago that's not good enough for me.

And I'd be more concerned with him consistently missing clutch kicks if we fielded anything better than a dumpster fire team the last few years. I remember the days when we were trying out new kickers every week and guys like Graham Gano couldn't get a touchback on a kickoff to save their life, now we take that for granted every week.

I think if he's injured they should've put him on IR and done some tryouts, but it's too late for that already.

We don't need to go back 4 years. He's missed a kick in 7 out of 10 games this year including 2 which could have definitely changed the outcome of those games. I think he has the 2nd lowest kicking percentage in the league. He needs to go. The problem is, at this point, who the heck is out there that is going to be any better.

And this team is far from a dumpster fire...

[SFREDSKIN]

Washington had not beaten Cincinnati since 1991, I guess this is a good sign.

[PorkSkins]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Washington had not beaten Cincinnati since 1991, I guess this is a good sign.

Well, this was only the fifth time we've played them since 1991. We were 0-3-1 against the Bengals since '91 going into today's game.

[Chief X_Phackter]

They are trending up in my opinion. They are not a great team, but they have won 2 of the last 5 games, and those 3 losses were by a total of 7 points.They are real good against backup QBs and Carson Wentz.

They need to figure out how to start stronger. I think they are the only team in the league that has not scored on their 1st possession.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

We don't need to go back 4 years. He's missed a kick in 7 out of 10 games this year including 2 which could have definitely changed the outcome of those games. I think he has the 2nd lowest kicking percentage in the league. He needs to go. The problem is, at this point, who the heck is out there that is going to be any better.

And this team is far from a dumpster fire...

I'm not talking about the 2020 squad, I'm saying the last 4 years.

Feel free to shit on him for this year, but I'm really not sure how much blame to put on him for this year given the injury problem. Also we're not gonna pick up a quality replacement at this stage of the season, so just ride it out and bring in some competition in the offseason.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by mooby

I'm not talking about the 2020 squad, I'm saying the last 4 years.

Feel free to shit on him for this year, but I'm really not sure how much blame to put on him for this year given the injury problem. Also we're not gonna pick up a quality replacement at this stage of the season, so just ride it out and bring in some competition in the offseason.

Gotcha, and I agree about the replacement...it is what it is at this point.

I thought he got injured only like two-three weeks ago though.