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We need more leg strength on the kickoffs.

I know our D had mega troubles today, but when you give Carson Palmer field position like that after every kickoff he's going to answer more often than not.

When we had that 4th and goal from the 2, I was furious when we went for the field goal. I would rather have had a 10 point lead and give them the ball at the 2 than a 13 point lead and another short field for CP to work with.

In Dawson's defense, he saw 6 weeks worth of work today. I think his leg was starting to fall off. I don't think his kicks were too bad, the coverage just wasn't good. Cincy had the same problem with us and Graham is one of the best kickers in the league.

well dawson had to kick like every 4 mins lol so he was prob lay tired and zastildil is probaly rusty

4-P.Dawson kicks 66 yards from CLV 30 to CIN 4. 88-T.Perry to CIN 30 for 26 yards (53-K.Griffin).

4-P.Dawson kicks 73 yards from CLV 30 to CIN -3. 88-T.Perry to CIN 23 for 26 yards (16-J.Cribbs).

4-P.Dawson kicks 54 yards from CLV 30 to CIN 16. 88-T.Perry to CIN 15 for -1 yards (87-D.Dinkins). CLV-20-M.Adams was injured during the play. His return is Questionable.

4-P.Dawson kicks 62 yards from CLV 30 to CIN 8. 88-T.Perry to CIN 34 for 26 yards (25-K.Wright).

4-P.Dawson kicks 67 yards from CLV 30 to CIN 3. 16-G.Holt to CIN 12 for 9 yards (29-J.Wright).

4-P.Dawson kicks 66 yards from CLV 30 to CIN 4. 16-G.Holt to CIN 26 for 22 yards (29-J.Wright, 53-K.Griffin).

4-P.Dawson kicks 69 yards from CLV 30 to CIN 1. 16-G.Holt to CLV 34 for 65 yards (24-E.Wright).


4-P.Dawson kicks 58 yards from CLV 30 to CIN 12. 16-G.Holt to CIN 37 for 25 yards (94-L.Williams, 87-D.Dinkins).

4-P.Dawson kicks 63 yards from CLV 30 to CIN 7. 16-G.Holt to CIN 35 for 28 yards (24-E.Wright).

4-P.Dawson kicks 49 yards from CLV 30 to CIN 21. 82-R.Kelly to CIN 36 for 15 yards (94-L.Williams).



10 Kicks

to the 4, -3, 16, 8, 3, 4, 1, 12, 7, 21
7 of 10 inside the 10, 9 of 10 inside the 20

That's pretty damn good.

he averaged 62.7 ypk. personally i feel comfortable with phil as our kicker but i wouldnt complain if he had a bigger boot. kinda nice to be talking about the kicker this week. infact its really nice.

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When we had that 4th and goal from the 2, I was furious when we went for the field goal. I would rather have had a 10 point lead and give them the ball at the 2 than a 13 point lead and another short field for CP to work with.

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I disagree. You have to get up by 2 TDs as opposed to a TD and a FG.. In the last minute or two it's a whole lot easier to get into FG position than it is to stick it in the endzone... I didn't really like the call on 3rd down, but that's a different story... Kicking the FG was the right play.

Nail sees head and hits it. I agree 100% though for a second I did ask myself go for it, then my brain kicked in and said no get the points.

I actually LIKED the call on 3rd and 2... play action, roll right... the Bengals defended it well, gotta give them credit for a good play. I think they may have had a hunch we'd try that because that's how we scored vs. Pittsburgh.

I think that call would have worked better, had we run Jamal on that 4th and 1 and got it.

but since we failed then, they hedge bets we would go with the play action, and they won the bet.

Phils kicks were fine yesterday. The only short one (to the 21) was by design, not due to leg strength. Our coverage and lack of making tackles was the problem.