Man the Ravens are nice. Team to beat in the AFC North IMO. Do the Bengals scare anyone as much as the Ravens do? Flacco so smooth against the Steelers, too.
I sometimes wonder if Tomlin is trying to get fired. There is no way he does this stuff on purpose. Great win, though! Man that read from Ben to AB was PERFECT.
I feel relatively confident about the Browns at home, can’t go to 1-3 (0-2) at home to a rookie QB you figure... right? Weird to play that game so early with Ben as opposed to the last 2 years.We will win the next two games. Browns at home and at Ravens. Hopefully we use the cap space we have to add a top defender tho. Trade our first rounder. We suck in the first round anyway.
Would love to get CB Rashaan Melvin from the Raiders but I dont think they will trade with us anymore. Looking at teams who will likely be out of it and make a trade...Colts/Raiders. Hopefully Bills and we get Tre'Davious White from them. Would take our first rounder +..still doubt theyd do it. Melvin could be had for cheaper if the Raiders would trade with us. Gruden might be done with that after the backlash so far.
Regardless..Colbert needs to get on the phone during this bye week.
You can win with a coach like Tomlin (it's very hard) as we did in 2009 and nearly against GB. But those teams we had a very, very under appreciated OC in Arians and obviously a legendary DC in Lebeau. Tomlin could just stand around, yell at the guys now and then and let the coordinators and staff and obviously elite talent on the field do the rest.
Edit: With that being said, I'm still no fan of his and think he'll bail as soon as Ben hangs them up. No chance he keeps winning 10+ games without 7 under C.
The Ravens are, too. Incredible drive by Flacco. Alex Collins a very good RB. Elite D. Flacco solid. Best kicker in NFL history.
I mean not to pour on too much, lol they lay an egg sometimes - I just think they’re such a bigger threat to the Steelers than the Bengals are.
Honestly why would we expect a better performance next game? For all the reasons you say and more. Abandoning Vance, no idea what Ben was doing. Or what was the game plan. Horrendous D covg . And oh yeah coaching and game mgmt.
This is the norm. Expect it.
Man the Ravens are nice. Team to beat in the AFC North IMO. Do the Bengals scare anyone as much as the Ravens do? Flacco so smooth against the Steelers, too.
I called Tom Wilson the Burfict of the NHL a long time ago. Both are clowns and will end up holding the respective suspension records for their sports.Bungle fans defend Burfict like Caps fans do with Wilson.
Would have like to have seen what happened after the game and what started it.
I think the Bengals suffer from the same thing the Steelers do right now, a coach that limits their success. Sub Marvin Lewis out for a real coach, dump a few meatheads and they would be a very, very good team that could win the AFC.