Whoda thunk it?!? - Bengals have AFCN Best Offense and Second Best Defense!

[eliminate08]

Originally Posted by thompson19osu

I personally look at those losses as a blessing in disguise. It's well known that Marvin's teams normally fade down the stretch but those 2 losses specifically have put the Bengals in the hole and their backs against the wall the rest of the way. It's essentially forcing them to play their best football the rest of the way. If this team were sitting at 9-3 I'm not so sure they may be a little complacent knowing they would realistically only have to win 1 of the last 4 to get into the playoffs. However, every game counts now and the Bengals are playing an exciting brand of football.

Kind of like how we were just beating the crap out of the Raiders and then let them back
in the game in the 3rd quarter. Complacency, yeah you may be onto something here.

[mars304]

Originally Posted by Nebuchadnezzar

I attribute Dalton's performance this past week to the trip to the west coast and he was due a poor game. I think, I hope this week he turns it on and plays lights out these final 8 games.

I see what you did there lol.

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[XenoMorph]

Originally Posted by eliminate08

True. We just couldn't finish and as bad as our Offense played against the Chargers they
finished. That is what was nice about that win and made me even a bit more confident in
this team. They can crush a good team like the Giants, crush bad teams like the Chiefs
and Raiders but finish off a team like the Chargers in their place after some poor play.

Chargers havent been losing games because of that defense.

[reuben.ahmed]

I think our O came around with Mo Sanu becoming our 2nd receiver...sigh. our other receiving core is also great, but Sanu really wreaked havoc on defenses doubling AJ.

[reuben.ahmed]

Originally Posted by eliminate08

Kind of like how we were just beating the crap out of the Raiders and then let them back
in the game in the 3rd quarter. Complacency, yeah you may be onto something here.

Yeah, but complacency is a marvin lewis problem. We're going to have to win out IMO to guarantee a playoff spot. Can we beat both the Steelers and Ravens when this new age bengals are 0-6 against them?

To take an 8 game winning streak into the playoffs....not sure we can keep that up.

Marvin Lewis has a couple glaring motivational issues that cause our team to fail sometimes (i.e. lose), I wonder if all that he does "good" makes up for it.

[Aquapod770]

Originally Posted by reuben.ahmed

Yeah, but complacency is a marvin lewis problem. We're going to have to win out IMO to guarantee a playoff spot. Can we beat both the Steelers and Ravens when this new age bengals are 0-6 against them?

To take an 8 game winning streak into the playoffs....not sure we can keep that up.

Marvin Lewis has a couple glaring motivational issues that cause our team to fail sometimes (i.e. lose), I wonder if all that he does "good" makes up for it.

I think we beat the Ravens at home to finish out the year. Flacco plays like a steaming pile of crap on the road.

[Sher Khan]

[Slappy from New Haven]

Originally Posted by bradfritz21

Third best defense because scoring is what matters.

That is correct. That is the only defensive stat that should be used to determine defensive ranking.