quick thoughts on the bengals

[njcoltfan]

#8- maybe his wife stabbed him in the leg last night!!!

[Voosh]

I agree about the offense. Loved the short game we played and thought Reich did good overall with no Pagano wtf calls. Looking forward to see the offense develop as the season goes on. The D looked bad. Turay and Hunt had some good moments, but the whole unit needs a lot of work. I thought the offensive pass interference calls were bs, but the defensive penalties toward the end killed us. Luck looked good imo, he and Ebron could make some noise. Looking forward to hear the opinions of you guys that rewatch the games and evaluate the lines, etc.

[daedge]

TY Hilton: "At the end of the day we should’ve won ... my drop was key. So blame me. I should’ve made more plays. They couldn’t guard me, but just couldn't get in the groove."

Quincy Wilson wasn't happy with the pass interference call on him late in the 2nd quarter. "Ticky-tacky," he called it. "(Ref) said I grabbed his arm ... I just played his hands."

[daedge]

This goes well with Omaha's eighth point.



"I made a good play but I could’ve made it great. That’s not good enough at all. That was a quarterback. Man ... I gotta outrun him."

[DrSpaceman]

And also.....

Quincy Wilson sucks. Just get him off the field. With two good hands he can't play corner. He is the new TJ Green

Pagano was actually right about him, not playing him last year. Even a broken clock is wrong once in awhile

[GoBigBlue88]

My quick follow, though Omaha hit a lot of points already.

1. I'm mostly encouraged heading out of this. Not for this season, necessarily. This looks like a 5-win team. But there are finally men on the sideline who appear to know what the fuck they are doing. Colts are not getting a Frank Gore Wildcat offense. Colts are getting pre-snap motion. Colts are spreading defenses out and stressing linebacker depth. Colts are creating mismatches and exploiting them. It's no longer just running into the teeth of crowded boxes and hoping Jack Doyle can run a stick route past the line. There is consideration to tempo, route levels, spacing, etc. It's honestly stunning to see.

2. And I get what the defensive design is. It's not where it needs to be. We knew that would be the case. It's a bend-don't-break defense that broke a few times. To be fair, one of those was on a bullshit DPI call, and the other was because Clayton Geather is a moron. I can easily see this as a defense that adds/develops the right DL talent, though, and starts holding opponents to under 20ppg. Under 20ppg should win most games with Luck under center.

3. If I was discouraged by anything, it was that Margus Hunt and Al Woods were by far the most effective defensive linemen. Good for Hunt and Woods, but there's no way that should be the case, and it doesn't inspire a ton of confidence in the rest of the DL going forward for me. I thought Turay had a few flashes, but nothing I could quantify into tangible evidence he's a player. I though Sheard SUCKED. Like, get off this team sucked. Basham was invisible, which is status quo for him.

4. It was great to see Hines confident, involved and honestly looking like a big part of this offense. I'm fine with this RB contingent once Mack gets back. I can see the roles. I still wouldn't complain if Le'Veon Bell was added as a 2019 free agent...

5. I know it pissed off people in the game thread, but I stand firmly against ever taking an offensive guard #6 overall. Nelson won some, lost some today. But at the end of the day: Colts still couldn't run the ball (especially up the middle) and Luck still got hit a lot. You can say "yeah well that's because ____ was playing" and you're not wrong, but it just shows my larger point: one offensive guard's impact on an OL is minimal. Luck had more of a pocket to step into, so not saying this line is as bad as last year at all ... clearly it's better. Still, is it #6 overall pick impact better? I don't think so.

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Anybody know why Smith was playing LT? I only saw him there for one play, but Dunlap handled him

haeg had to shit? i have no idea.

[Hoopsdoc]

Also, Castonzo looks like buff Justin Bieber.

[omahacolt]

also something we have to take into account is the offense and defense will have some film on them. expect tendencies to start coming into focus in october. reich will need to account for this. which is harder than it sounds.

also luck was amazing when you factor in the rust he should have. i can't stress that enough.

also this defense has no talent. can't stress that enough as well.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Anybody know why Smith was playing LT? I only saw him there for one play, but Dunlap handled him

They ran a heavy formation with Smith as a TE