quick thoughts on the bengals

[FatDT]

Slauson and either 1st round pick could afford it. And fines might not have happened. See Lewan getting in Sherman’s face last year. No violence to fine but he made his point. You dorks want tough choir boys, they don’t exist.

[omahacolt]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Nelson could have used it to establish himself as the unquestioned leader of this line / team - Luck less than 1/2 of a game into his career- go flying down there, pick the dude up and body slam him and put his hand to his ear and wave the other for noise as he left the field... defining moment.

I would have loved it

I remember diem getting a personal foul when he didn’t like a late hit to manning. I fucking loved it. You make that shit known that that won’t happen

[njcoltfan]

Originally Posted by Colt Classic

Too many guys on their first contract--no one can afford to pay the fines yet. If Castonzo's out there? The young guys are all saying, "go get 'em, money bags".

I’d be willing to bet the team would pay that particular fine!

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by DrSpaceman

That was a bad and uncharacteristic kick by AV, but it was 55 yards. That's a questionable coaching decision. May have been better going for it on 4th down. With a team with a poor D and a better, at least, O, I think we are going to have to take some gambles like that on 4th down to win games.

The first and last turnovers were the killers though. You can't get the ball in the red zone and not score. Happened twice, difference in the game and you can't blame the defense for that. Especially when you have a QB that is supposed to be one of the best in the league and a TE you just paid huge money to keep a year ago.

All true.

NFL games are close. You can’t sleep on a lead. Just look at all the comebacks the last couple years. Turnovers will kill you, and the offense had one at a critical time. That isn’t the defenses fault.