NFL Playoffs
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Surprised Jim Harbaugh is staying at Michigan. Probably a wife thing that she doesn't want to move around.
All the karma on earth points to Dallas losing tonight but your brain tells you they should roll Tampa Bay by 21. Head or heart kind of thing.
Bengals will beat the Bills if we can give Joe any protection at all. Kills me that once again we have to contend with one glaring Achilles Heel in protecting him. I love watching this Bengals team play. Everything about them. The defense with that feisty secondary that is a step slow but they will hit you and of course our defensive line with Reader and those bad white boys on both ends. Blazing physical receivers. Big tough tight end. Two awesome running backs. Joe. Good lord if they had a Munoz out there to protect Joe.
All the karma on earth points to Dallas losing tonight but your brain tells you they should roll Tampa Bay by 21. Head or heart kind of thing.
Bengals will beat the Bills if we can give Joe any protection at all. Kills me that once again we have to contend with one glaring Achilles Heel in protecting him. I love watching this Bengals team play. Everything about them. The defense with that feisty secondary that is a step slow but they will hit you and of course our defensive line with Reader and those bad white boys on both ends. Blazing physical receivers. Big tough tight end. Two awesome running backs. Joe. Good lord if they had a Munoz out there to protect Joe.
Big if. I swear that if our OL costs us again in the playoffs........
Latest on Cappa and Williams status:
Cappa and Williams could progress through the week but given they both were unable to walk without assistance on Sunday night, the probability is low. It’s worth noting Williams suffered the same injury early in the season against the Ravens and played through it.
Zac Taylor provides update on Jonah Williams, Alex Cappa heading into matchup vs. Bills
Cappa and Williams could progress through the week but given they both were unable to walk without assistance on Sunday night, the probability is low. It’s worth noting Williams suffered the same injury early in the season against the Ravens and played through it.
Zac Taylor provides update on Jonah Williams, Alex Cappa heading into matchup vs. Bills
I think this will be the 3rd straight year that a team that had everything EXCEPT for a good QB...then found that QB...winds up winning the SB.
SF took a much different, longer winding route towards finding THAT GUY at QB...but it doesn’t mater...they have him. I just don’t see anybody beating SF if Purdy keeps playing at the level he is currently playing/has been playing for the last 7 games. Because they are rock solid in every phase.
Keep waiting for a team to expose Purdy. Plenty of film out there now. But he has been solid for over a month now. Hasn’t played against a really good D yet though...so I guess we’ll see.
SF took a much different, longer winding route towards finding THAT GUY at QB...but it doesn’t mater...they have him. I just don’t see anybody beating SF if Purdy keeps playing at the level he is currently playing/has been playing for the last 7 games. Because they are rock solid in every phase.
Keep waiting for a team to expose Purdy. Plenty of film out there now. But he has been solid for over a month now. Hasn’t played against a really good D yet though...so I guess we’ll see.
The two teams I would worry about for them, are the upstart Giants, who I think would have a good game plan to rattle Purdy, and Tampa, because you know Brady is going to get a plethora of calls to get back into the superbowl.
I love how Nick Wright on FOX sports is basically saying that Brady is going to get a ton of roughing the passes calls his way. Wait and see tonight.
Jerry Jones owns the NFL and they'll be getting their share of the calls tonight, for sure. Dallas is the biggest draw in television, not Tom Brady.
LOL @ Mike Evans. Ever since Cincinnati stripped him of the ball he does this exaggerated "get my *** down" instead of fighting for those extra yards after the catch like he used to. It's like you can see the light bulb go off in his head "I've got to get down."
Yeah. I believe a Madden playcalling and defense strategy would be more effective. This team has sucked without Arians.
Bill Belichick and Todd Bowles. Both defensive coaches that I don't think Brady can stand. Bowles, for whatever reason, is just awful. He's like one of those guys that get an assistant manager position at 7/11 and nobody likes. Standing there glowering just doesn't do it anymore. He's not Mike Tomlin. Bowles is a defensive coordinator not a head coach.
Trying to understand what is wrong with TB offense. Seems like Tom is late with the ball and they play with low energy like a team full of Jeb Bushes. No urgency. If the play isn't called for me then I'm taking the play off. I bet the corners for Dallas can tell pre snap who the play is called for just by watching Mike Evans' body language or something. How many guys in the Tampa Bay lockerroom are on golfnow making tee times for tomorrow? That's on Bowles. He doesn't have them wanting it enough. I hope they come out with some fire and some pride instead of a pocket full of golf tees.
I am dead serious. Watch the body language of these receivers in the first series of this 3 and out. Lackidaisical.
I am dead serious. Watch the body language of these receivers in the first series of this 3 and out. Lackidaisical.
Brady shouldn’t have returned. Tampa was a dumpster fire all year and had no run game. He threw the ball 66 times tonight. Is that a record?
Alright next round, chalk.
Chiefs over Jags
Bills over Bengals
49ers over Cowboys
Eagles over Giants
Alright next round, chalk.
Chiefs over Jags
Bills over Bengals
49ers over Cowboys
Eagles over Giants
Missed my over by 1 point. Thanks Mike Evans for dropping yet another deep touchdown pass. At least Brady is out.
The jags suck, and will get mahomed. They shouldn't have even gotten past the chargers.
If the bills somehow find a pass rush, you're correct. If not, don't count out burrow. They have the weapons to score with anyone.
The pass rush of the cowboys might overwhelm the rookie. They're legit on the front 7, but their back end is beat up. If the line protects Purdy, they'll be fine. Dak just played the best game of his career, and made history in the franchise. He will have to play that well again against the 49ers defense. Idk the stats for comparison, but that defense might just rival the Ravens superbowl season.
I'm interested in seeing what the eagles look like after a layoff. If Hurts is healthy, maybe that helps the "rust" potential. Divisional matchup will make this game a tight contest. Can they stop Jones and Barkley?
I'm not sold on the 49ers or Eagles. I'm picking the Giants and the Cowboys to advance. Bengals Chiefs in the AFC.
Tyler Linderbaum the Ravens c was a guy I wanted badly for the Bengals to go get in the draft... but man oh man did Logan Wilson unload on him here:
Brian Callahan became the 13th candidate connected to the Indianapolis Colts' open head coaching position with a report Thursday from NFL Network's Tom Pelissero the team has requested an interview with the Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator.
Report: Colts add Bengals OC Callahan to head coach list
Report: Colts add Bengals OC Callahan to head coach list
I think the "real" Chiefs fans not stepping up to the plate and donating $25 per month to a "collective" that could sign Tyreke Hill to an "endorsement" deal so that they could go over the salary cap without going over the salary cap have doomed their chances. Those people must just not care about the football team.
I know $25 per month doesn't mean much to you but to an NFL football player it could mean the difference between a trip on the Space Station or just having to go to Tahiti for 2 weeks.
I know $25 per month doesn't mean much to you but to an NFL football player it could mean the difference between a trip on the Space Station or just having to go to Tahiti for 2 weeks.
Wilson wasn't the only QB drafted in the first round or they could have had Chase as well.
We needed a QB.. and believe it or not, Zach Wilson was pretty much the consensus #2 pick in the mocks.
My fellow Bengals fans get very mad at me because I still say I would have traded that Chase pick for a 1st and a 2nd. I didn't want Sewell either, I wanted to trade down a few spots then take Rashawn Slater who is now the starting pro-bowl LT for the Chargers. Then I would have used that 2nd rounder to get a WR as there were plenty of good ones in that draft in the 2nd round. Higgins is our #1 anyway.
Add that to the Bengals not making a move to jump up a couple spots and take Linderbaum at c last year and we just haven't done enough to protect the franchise player in Joe no matter how unbelievable Chase is or has been. Plus Slater got hurt this year, but that still was the right move to make just like getting Linderbaum was the right move to make last year.
Mike Brown is already popping off about not wanting to pay Joe so there isn't much chance he pays Chase. If Chase walks then that makes that failure to trade the pick for a 10 yr OL starter that much worse. Then you figure no Dax Hill but you get Linderbaum. I like that team much better. Linderbaum will be the starting c for the Ravens for the next 10 years.
We make my moves to get Slater, a 2nd round WR, plus Linderbaum the next year then add the free agent O linemen we did and we are unstoppable with Joe sitting back there picking teams apart. The day you drafted Joe Burrow was the day the OL should have been priority #1 in the draft and free agency. Not a patchwork 2nd thought where Joe has already sustained one serious career shortening knee injury off the top end of his career thanks to Bengals incompetence.
Add that to the Bengals not making a move to jump up a couple spots and take Linderbaum at c last year and we just haven't done enough to protect the franchise player in Joe no matter how unbelievable Chase is or has been. Plus Slater got hurt this year, but that still was the right move to make just like getting Linderbaum was the right move to make last year.
Mike Brown is already popping off about not wanting to pay Joe so there isn't much chance he pays Chase. If Chase walks then that makes that failure to trade the pick for a 10 yr OL starter that much worse. Then you figure no Dax Hill but you get Linderbaum. I like that team much better. Linderbaum will be the starting c for the Ravens for the next 10 years.
We make my moves to get Slater, a 2nd round WR, plus Linderbaum the next year then add the free agent O linemen we did and we are unstoppable with Joe sitting back there picking teams apart. The day you drafted Joe Burrow was the day the OL should have been priority #1 in the draft and free agency. Not a patchwork 2nd thought where Joe has already sustained one serious career shortening knee injury off the top end of his career thanks to Bengals incompetence.
So was Ryan Leaf back in the day. Don't forget Trubisky was picked #2 by the Bears in the Mahomes draft as well.
Karras has been a great fit at C and Volson is a very good pick as it turns out. The Benagls had a turrible time picking lineman up to that point. Billy Price, Michael Jordan, Cedric Ogbuehi and Jake Fisher anyone?
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Our draft last year is considered one of the worst in the league. Cincinnati Bengals’ 2022 draft considered one of the worst
The year before I almost choked when we took Jackson Carmen in the 2nd round when at best he was a 3rd rounder if not later. Nobody had him going in the 2nd round.