Week 9 recap

07 Nov 2006


week 9 recap
Category: Sports

Instead of going through the routine recap this week, I want to fix the Bengals with some in-depth analysis. You're gonna like this.

The Bengals offense has been typecasted and defenses have blueprinted ways to stop it. We have many weapons but only know one way to use them. Bratkowski isn't fooling any d-coordinator in the league and teams have a real good idea of the sequence of our playcalling. Receivers are not open like they use to be and teams smell out those checkoff runs to Rudi. The players aren't sure how to adjust either. Carson's biggest issue this season has been the decrease of time he has to allow plays to develop the way they did last year. The kids filling in along the offensive line create a big drop-off. Chad only runs twelve yard routes and every time we look for him the play is rushed because there isn't enough protection. Chris Perry has struggled finding an identity with this offense and his talents go largely wasted. The answer to these quandaries might be the West Coast offense.

Just think about it. Three to five step dropbacks will take pressure off of the line and force our verbose receiving corps to make the plays by getting them the ball sooner. Screens and draws to Perry and have Rudi for smashing purposes. When safties finally creep up to eliminate the quick slants, outs, and comeback routes, that's when you take five steps back, throw a high lofty pass to the speedsters, and keep the defense guessing. Housh is perfect for the West Coast offense, Henry great at the jump balls around the sidelines, and Chad is still the fastest guy on the team. Have Carson throw the ball thirty five times a game but ninety percent of those thrown no deeper than eight yards. Force defenses to play up on us and resort back to our vertical passing game.

We need to do something different. We're no longer a great offense. The whole game against Baltimore I kept thinking how average the Bengals look in all facets of the game. We as fans had lofty expectations for this team and deservingly so. We'll concede that the injuries suck but great teams, with great coaches win anyway when dealing with setbacks such as these. Had it not been for the insane catch by Chad on fourth and one, we'd have lost five straight games! That isn't okay. I think it can be agreed upon that our team has a shitty attitude and that too is not okay if you aren't winning. I'm tired of being so confused with this team. Every game, I gape at my screen astonished at the lack of simple execution from a once thought of Super Bowl contender. I wish our players would turn off their TV's and stop giving interviews and doing commercial shoots and reading websites and newspapers. And stop going out and getting drunk and picking up underage hookers and waving around stolen guns. Okay I went a little overboard but you see my point. They're rap stars who never rap and occasionally play in the NFL. Get over it and win a football game. If we don't see a change in offensive production, Brat's gotta go. If we're gonna be a legitimate team we fans need to apply legitimate pressure to who's accountable for an underachieving unit.

I'm gonna leave Bresnahan out of it for now because he's really limited with the players he has. I want to blame Marv for not bringing in the right guys but the building of a team is through the draft and we don't have our first two picks in last years draft. Not to mention Frostee and even AJ Nicholson. Peko, Brooks, and Joseph are good so we have a future but it's going to take some time for it all to come together over there. I'll say this though, for Marvin to be hailed as a defensive genius he sure hasn't fielded a decent unit yet. The leash is pretty long for Marv and his buddy Chuck but I need to see some improvement on key stops during the games...soon. Gameplan better. Adjust. Win, dammit.

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