Our OL and penalties were the story of the game. You could replace our OL with Reader as he was unstoppable. As has been mentioned many time on the DT.N
The center position is killing us.
I felt our DL played their best game of the year. I felt we contained the run most of the day. the scheme is my issue. They were down a lot of players. How many times did we blitz? MG & JC were consistent forces all day. they were collapsing the pocket, but Burrow made a lot of plays. The first game against CIN Woods had many different looks and seemed to bring extra pressure from a variety of players. Sunday, instead of bringing pressure with extra players it looked as if we were just re-aligning our front 4 as I seemed to see MG inside a few times. Scheme has been an issue for at least 2 years. I like many, also find it confusing to play man coverage on Chase. HORRIBLE.
There was no doubt CIN was going to stop Chubb on first down. Play Action anyone? Vers on another thread I thought I read where you felt bad for #24 every time he got the ball on 1st down. paraphrasing, but I felt the same way.
This game could have been won, and it definitely should have been significantly closer. Penalties (not 1 but 3 drive extending pens on 1st TD drive) and another busted coverage TD are responsible for 14 points.
I said it before the game, I felt Burrow would be on as he had to take it personal to not have beaten CLE yet in his career. I was wrong. He was not the driving force for that W. The Bengals DL was the difference maker in that game. Chase and Burrow made some plays, but the CIN D won that game on Sunday.
I felt like MG & JC left everything on the field on Sunday. They were a disrupting force that with a little help could have changed the results of this game.
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