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from what I can gather, Watson is very much a confidence player. He starts to zing it and it's more accurate as he completes passes

We would get more out of Watkins

That Denver loss giving up 70 points is very embarrassing. Our worst teams never gave up that many LOL! As far as I'm concerned, next to the Steelers or Cowboys it couldn't have happened to a better team!!

Hoping Cincitucky takes it in the teeth tonight. Nauseating listening to fans and talking heads assuring anybody who would listen (and a number that refused) that their return to the SB would be a given, just automatically given they would be there. And win it fer shure! Been quieter around here since the losing started. "Who dey?" is more like a question from the fair-weather fans who have forgotten them.

I will be rooting for the other guy. Won't you join me?

I'm rooting for the Rams tonight. I always root for the Bengals, Steelers, and Ravens to lose. Heck when they play each other I want them to somehow both lose.

lol i root for ties

a bengals loss tonight dooms them

Agreed and a loss tonight probably takes them out of playoff contention. That would bring the total to 2 talented teams that we would have had to battle for a playoff spot. Bengals and Jets, that we should no longer have to worry about until we have to play them.

I know 0-3 sounds like a horror story, but I wouldn't count them out this quickly.

They started 0-2 last year and were 4-4 with an 0-3 division record before they ran the table for a 12-4 record.

I just think with their schedule ahead (Buffalo, KC, Pittsburgh twice, Baltimore, Cleveland, SF, LAC, etc ..) that's a really tough hill

Yeah, good point. Their next four are critical to getting on the right track... LAR, Tennessee, Arizona, Seattle... 3-3 or better gives them a puncher's chance, 2-4 maybe too much to overcome. So yeah, lose tonight and they basically face a mountain rather than an uphill hike.

yeah they have a little bubble of winnable games here. It's paramount

What do y’all think about that formation the Eagles run on short yardage situations?

I think we should do it lol ... they'll probably outlaw it after this season

bengals tied 6-6 at half. Ugly game

Not sure I'd want a QB taking that pounding from both sides. If Bryant can keep handling snaps cleanly, go for it. Have Harris and Hudson behind him while we're at it. Maybe even have one of them in motion at the snap.

Remember when Matthew Stafford was a good QB?

Sure seems those days are past.

Stafford had been looking pretty good earlier in the season. He's been taking some hits tonight. OL is struggling.

gosh the Rams OL is bad. I hope we are full strength when we play that unit

That game last night was offensive to my eyes. Probably time for Stafford to hang it up.

You could tell that calf was bothering Burrow at times, but they kept him clean for the most part. I feel like he has a paper thin chance of not aggravating that thing again. If another team can get after him the way we did in the first game, he could be in trouble. He has his quick release to help him, though.

Evans had like 3 crazy catches and 3 horrible drops lol

Joe Burrow went about 26 for forty nine.
The int's don't matter to me, the Td's don't matter to me<today anyway. There is a number to highlight though,

the number of times they attempted but did not complete, and it's ratio to the number they attempted in total, and the number they completed in total.

in this case 23, < you get that when you subtract the 26 complete from the forty nine attemps

Now, anytime you get that ^ number above about half as many as you completed, or more, you are headed toward a bad day,
in this case anything above I3 is bad, anything above half of the 26 he completed, trends bad in this case

23 incomplete of forty nine attempted
only 26 complete,

Way to go Cincy You are not good, and will continue to be.

Completion percentage is what it is, but as a coach, how do you call 49 passing plays with a QB hobbled playing on a bag leg for the past 8 weeks? I realize most were probably short drops, quick releases, but man that is risky.

How do you call 49 pass plays? When it's been proven you can't run the ball.

I realize they struggle, but you just signed your franchise guy to $275M. I would think you would want to protect him if already injured.

If a QB gets the ball out of his hands quickly he doesn't take much punishment throwing the ball. From what I saw that's pretty much the way it went too. Rather than hold it he would just throw it away and didn't take a lot of punishment as a result. Donald had 1 sack and both Young and Turner combined for one more with .5 each.