Game Thread: Bengals at Cowboys preseason game #2

Bedlam in Big D.

I believe every single pass that Prescott has thrown has been at Dre.

The first team looked fucking terrible. The Cowboys offense moved up and down the field. No resistance. Can’t stop the run. Coverage was trash. The middle of the field is still wide fucking open against these idiots. Same old shit.

Offense was equally horrendous. The line is still a pig fuck despite what Hobs and everyone is trying to sell. They couldn’t block a soul. Ogbuehi needs to be cut. Dude is a fucking bum.

I don’t think I can watch another season of the same garbage. This team has the same fucking flaws as the previous 10 before it. Rinse repeat rinse repeat. Almost like keeping the same lame coach who hasn’t accomplished anything for 20 years isn’t a good plan.

Fuck Mike Brown.

didn't watch. everyone's raving about how great Jeff Driscoll is.
I don't even bother telling people the preseason doesn't mean anything anymore.

BKBroiler9000 said:

The first team looked fucking terrible. The Cowboys offense moved up and down the field. No resistance. Can’t stop the run. Coverage was trash. The middle of the field is still wide fucking open against these idiots. Same old shit.

Offense was equally horrendous. The line is still a pig fuck despite what Hobs and everyone is trying to sell. They couldn’t block a soul. Ogbuehi needs to be cut. Dude is a fucking bum.

I don’t think I can watch another season of the same garbage. This team has the same fucking flaws as the previous 10 before it. Rinse repeat rinse repeat. Almost like keeping the same lame coach who hasn’t accomplished anything for 20 years isn’t a good plan.

Fuck Mike Brown.

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It's really hilarious.... Why should anything change? It's the same damn team. Same coach. Same everything.

cincygrad said:

It's really hilarious.... Why should anything change? It's the same damn team. Same coach. Same everything.

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I made the mistake of watching. The game was on locally cause I live in Dallas. It was literally all the same things we always bitch about.

I don’t understand what they see in Dre Kirk. The dude is not a very good CB. The LBs are trash, always out of position, can’t cover he middle of the field, poor tackling (granted with the helmet rule expect shitty tackling league wide). Good think Vontaze is suspended yet again. So glad we are still counting on that guy. The only guy who looked good was Carl Lawson. He’s a stud.

The offense...y’all already know. The middle of the line is a shitshow. RT couldn’t block anyone no matter who was in there. Dalton had no time to throw, and was erratic when he did. Missed AJ on an open throw for a big play.

Oh, and don’t expect to have much of a running game again this year.

BKBroiler9000 said:

I made the mistake of watching. The game was on locally cause I live in Dallas. It was literally all the same things we always bitch about.

I don’t understand what they see in Dre Kirk. The dude is not a very good CB. The LBs are trash, always out of position, can’t cover he middle of the field, poor tackling (granted with the helmet rule expect shitty tackling league wide). Good think Vontaze is suspended yet again. So glad we are still counting on that guy. The only guy who looked good was Carl Lawson. He’s a stud.

The offense...y’all already know. The middle of the line is a shitshow. RT couldn’t block anyone no matter who was in there. Dalton had no time to throw, and was erratic when he did. Missed AJ on an open throw for a big play.

Oh, and don’t expect to have much of a running game again this year.

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Who's excited!?!? Who-Dey Baby!!!

This shitty outfit won 7 games last year.... Mostly because the league sucks. I suspect it will be somewhere around 7 again this year. Only 1 or 2 of the wins will be inspiring.

BKBroiler9000 said:

The first team looked fucking terrible. The Cowboys offense moved up and down the field. No resistance. Can’t stop the run. Coverage was trash. The middle of the field is still wide fucking open against these idiots. Same old shit.

Offense was equally horrendous. The line is still a pig fuck despite what Hobs and everyone is trying to sell. They couldn’t block a soul. Ogbuehi needs to be cut. Dude is a fucking bum.

I don’t think I can watch another season of the same garbage. This team has the same fucking flaws as the previous 10 before it. Rinse repeat rinse repeat. Almost like keeping the same lame coach who hasn’t accomplished anything for 20 years isn’t a good plan.

Fuck Mike Brown.

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I believe I saw 1st team D gave up just 2.7 yards per rush. Defense was ok.

OL to the RG and RT are still a mess. Cedric should just be cut. Let's move on already.

Cincyfan78 said:

I believe I saw 1st team D gave up just 2.7 yards per rush. Defense was ok.

OL to the RG and RT are still a mess. Cedric should just be cut. Let's move on already.

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Ole Paul is really going to show them what run blocking looks like down there in Big D!

cincygrad said:

Ole Paul is really going to show them what run blocking looks like down there in Big D!

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He'll have Zeke running the ball down there. He's going to look like a great OL by default. He didn't draft a single one of those guys, and has an All-pro running game. He simply needs to show up and collect a check. Kind of like he did here.

cincygrad said:

Ole Paul is really going to show them what run blocking looks like down there in Big D!

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Meanwhile, the Frank Pollack era is off to a roaring start. Word out of PBS was Frank the Wiz was supposed to transform all of our bums on the OL into studs in an offseason with a new scheme.

I guess the Brown family is crediting him for the Jones’ gifting him 3 All Pros while he was in Big D. It’s easier to look good when you have Tyron Smith and Zack Martin instead of Ced Ogbuehi and Trey Hopkins..

BKBroiler9000 said:

Meanwhile, the Frank Pollack era is off to a roaring start. Word out of PBS was Frank the Wiz was supposed to transform all of our bums on the OL into studs in an offseason with a new scheme.

I guess the Brown family is crediting him for the Jones’ gifting him 3 All Pros while he was in Big D. It’s easier to look good when you have Tyron Smith and Zack Martin instead of Ced Ogbuehi and Trey Hopkins..

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I'm sorry, but didn't you read the article about how Frank yells at the guys? This HAS to work. It's such a novel approach.

BKBroiler9000 said:

Meanwhile, the Frank Pollack era is off to a roaring start. Word out of PBS was Frank the Wiz was supposed to transform all of our bums on the OL into studs in an offseason with a new scheme.

I guess the Brown family is crediting him for the Jones’ gifting him 3 All Pros while he was in Big D. It’s easier to look good when you have Tyron Smith and Zack Martin instead of Ced Ogbuehi and Trey Hopkins..

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Hopkins did rate out at nearly a 72 grade per PFF in Dallas. Fisher has looked better than in years' past, and graded out just under 83 in Dallas. I'd love to see him get some reps at RT instead of LT. Same goes for Westerman, highest graded guy last week, but didn't see much out of him this week.

Eh, whatever. They'll be better than last year by default (Now, better doesn't mean good, because you can't get much worse than last years' line play). Glenn is a massive upgrade at LT, and Price is a massive upgrade at Center.

Oh, and Bodine is sucking it up at his new job. Who knew?!

Cincyfan78 said:

I believe I saw 1st team D gave up just 2.7 yards per rush. Defense was ok.

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Wasn’t aware it was that low. Keep in mind though, Zeke didn’t play, and Zack Martin got hurt. From what I was watching, that 2.7 is deceptive. Rod Smith was running through arm tackles right and left.

Also, the 3rd down defense was pretty bad. Again.

Cincyfan78 said:

Hopkins did rate out at nearly a 72 grade per PFF in Dallas. Fisher has looked better than in years' past, and graded out just under 83 in Dallas. I'd love to see him get some reps at RT instead of LT. Same goes for Westerman, highest graded guy last week, but didn't see much out of him this week.

Eh, whatever. They'll be better than last year by default (Now, better doesn't mean good, because you can't get much worse than last years' line play). Glenn is a massive upgrade at LT, and Price is a massive upgrade at Center.

Oh, and Bodine is sucking it up at his new job. Who knew?!

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I don’t understand why Westerman never plays. Every time he gets on the field he’s pretty good. For a team that has a black hole at RG, he should be getting every opportunity. I’ve never been sold on Hopkins. He’s the Nate Livings of this Bengals iteration. He starts, but is not particularly good at all.

According to the beat writers Fisher has been abysmal this offseason. Regressed substantially. Likely why he’s riding the bench. In fairness to him, he nearly had a heart attack last season. I doubt the man was fully recovered enough physically to be dominating by OTAs. I refuse to believe he’s worse than Ogbuehi.

Speaking of Ced...it’s time to move on. He absolutely sucks. They’ve tried him at LT and RT multiple times now. Unless they wanna kick him to RG, I don’t see why they keep trotting him out there. Other than he was a 1st rounder, and the Brown family refuses to admit he is a bust.

Glenn was a good player when he was healthy in Buffalo. I liked that move. However, it remains to be seen if he’ll hold up. When he goes down for a month with a injury they are right back to having nothing protecting Dalton’s blindside. We might see Jeff Driskel at some point this season.

Bodine was the worst starting OL in the NFL the last three years. The fact it took the Bengals as long as it did to replace him says a lot... I’m convinced Buffalo picked him up as a solid for the playoff miracle last season.

Price was immediately better the moment he walked in the building. That’s not saying much. Price is still a rookie, and has struggled in camp. Long term he’ll likely be good, but this year could be rough.