What Did You Take Away From This Game?

[khamla]

Sanu made some great plays but I still don't see him over Hawk in the slot. I prefer Baby Hawk, that guy makes plays too. I'm not convinced Sanu is our future #2, but for sure give him the reps along with Jones who i think has some good potential.

Sanu stats haven't blown me away so i'm not sold on him yet.

[D.Boon]

Two things:

1. AJ Green is amazing.

2. This team plays much better when Marv is aggressive.

[PhxBENGALfanatic]

Dalton protected the ball and had his second turnover free game. That is huge! I think our young O-Line is coming along and that is promising. I think Sanu is starter for the rest of the year. I think he has earned his spot opposite AJ. Peerman has also earned more touches.

I am trying to not read to much into the defenses second straight dominating performance. KC's QB play is so bad I am not going to get over confident. They played great today don't get me wrong but let's awe how they handle the Raiders speed.

5-5 and very much alive! Who dey!!

[BengalsRocker]

Originally Posted by khamla

Sanu made some great plays but I still don't see him over Hawk in the slot. I prefer Baby Hawk, that guy makes plays too. I'm not convinced Sanu is our future #2, but for sure give him the reps along with Jones who i think has some good potential.

Sanu stats haven't blown me away so i'm not sold on him yet.

So out of 11 receptions Sanu has 2 TDs.

Hawkins has 34 receptions for 3 TDs.

[Vikairius]

4/14 3rd down(still needs improvement)

4/4 in redzone

3/3 on 4th down

No turnovers


KC

1/11 on 3rd down

0/2 Redzone

0/1 4th down.

1 turnover

[Who-Dey Girl]

I think what I took most out of this game is that we are not the only frustrated fans! Those people almost made me cry. I could feel their pain! I don't think that I have ever seen Paul Brown Stadium so somber as it was today in KC - at least from the television and at least from the get go. Also, it made me realize that we are no where near as bad as some of these other teams. We might actually have a shot at playoffs. We do have a decent QB, AJ Green, Sanu stepping up, Gresham getting more involved and actually acting like a TE. We have a defense that can be decent and so forth. We are at least getting there. No, Virginia the grass is not always greener on the other side and today I was glad I was a Bengals fan and not a Cheifs one.

[Whatever]

Originally Posted by Juniversal

Another blow out win by the Bengals. Even though it was against the Chiefs it's nice to see us win games we're supposed to win in dominate fashion. Oddly since we played so well it seems there's not much to talk about lol. What did you take away from this game? Personally I love the aggressiveness i'm seeing from the coaching staff. Kudos to Marvin and the coaching staff for the 4th down aggressiveness and the execution by the players. Also it's looking as if Sanu will stick as the secondary receiver. Can't wait until Marvin Jones get's healthy and more snaps because I feel he can bring even more dimension to the offense.

Truthfully,I was surprised by this game. I felt that the Bengals would win,but there would be a let down after the Giants game and we would let the Chiefs hang around. I know it was the Chiefs,but these are honestly the best back to back performances I can remember seeing from this team in a long while. The past two weeks,we've had complete performances by this club in all three phases,offense,defense,and special team.

I will give the devil his due in this one. Marvin manned up and gave this team the opportunity to be the type of team that he talked about a couple of weeks ago. He wanted a team that would step on an opponent's throat once they had them down,and they've donw that the past couple of weeks. He was extremely aggressive early in this one. It's like Marvin's attitude was,"These guys aren't even close to our level. I'm not letting them hang around and get confidence. I'm going to lean on them until the crumble."

[Truck_1_0_1_]

Originally Posted by k4aic

I liked the going for it on 4th down part...especially the fake punt....we need to do this EVERY game and think outside the box more.....Never knew the Bengals had tricks LOL....I like it!

You only call it when there is a clear mismatch; both in Jax and today, there was such a mismatch.

[FRAv]

Originally Posted by Millz

Most impressive thing to me was that they beat down the Chiefs on the road a week after beating down the SB champs at home. Most if not all Bengal teams in the past would have laid an egg today after a big win the prior week.

Hopefully we're on the way to starting some new trends with this team.

[Tony33]

Originally Posted by FRAv

Hopefully we're on the way to starting some new trends with this team.

Once again Rey did a freshman job at MLB.

[M.W.]

aggressive play calling = wins

First time I can remember the Bengals winning easily two weeks in a row since............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ............ A dream I had in 1994, lol..

[THE PISTONS]

Originally Posted by M.W.

aggressive play calling = wins

First time I can remember the Bengals winning easily two weeks in a row since............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ............ A dream I had in 1994, lol..

Well...agressive playcalling as long as you don't turn the ball over.

[khamla]

Originally Posted by BengalsRocker

So out of 11 receptions Sanu has 2 TDs.

Hawkins has 34 receptions for 3 TDs.

Baby Hawks a lot faster, quicker, his YAC is pretty good too. He averages more yards than Sanu as well. But then again we only have a handful of games to compare stats. I just think its way too early to jump on the Sanu bandwagon, we did this with J. Simpson, but at least Jerome gave us a reason to get us excited, he had many multiple 100 yard games.

[BengalsRocker]

Originally Posted by khamla

Baby Hawks a lot faster, quicker, his YAC is pretty good too. He averages more yards than Sanu as well. But then again we only have a handful of games to compare stats. I just think its way too early to jump on the Sanu bandwagon, we did this with J. Simpson, but at least Jerome gave us a reason to get us excited, he had many multiple 100 yard games.

I gotcha

It just seems like Sanu has been clutch when he's been called upon.

Again... like you said there's to little to go by.

I just think Sanu's physicality is something this team needs right now at WR. Someone that is trustworthy to make catches in traffic. Another guy Dalton can have real confidence in, even if there is coverage or little seperation.

Hawk has some great speed and explosiveness. His height deficiency limits what kind of routes he can run.

Really two different players doing two different things.

I think Sanu could be an every down receiver. Doing multiple kinds of plays as well.

He sure beats out Tate. So when Hawk comes back BT should be the odd man out anyway. That's if Marvin and Co. allows it.

[Juniversal]

Something else i've noticed. Anybody else notice that Andy seems to be doing a better job of selling play action over the last couple or so games??

[yellowxdiscipline]

Originally Posted by Juniversal

Another blow out win by the Bengals. Even though it was against the Chiefs it's nice to see us win games we're supposed to win in dominate fashion. Oddly since we played so well it seems there's not much to talk about lol. What did you take away from this game? Personally I love the aggressiveness i'm seeing from the coaching staff. Kudos to Marvin and the coaching staff for the 4th down aggressiveness and the execution by the players. Also it's looking as if Sanu will stick as the secondary receiver. Can't wait until Marvin Jones get's healthy and more snaps because I feel he can bring even more dimension to the offense.

We beat a team that we were supposed to beat. Which is usually a trap for this team.