I was gonna say "time for the Bengals to step it up" but I thought I would be nice. No playoffs this year and Marvin probably has to go.
You hate to see a team with the offensive talent of the Bengals waste it. Kinda like the Cardinals talent wise anyway. Really good receivers, back and QB but ya go 4 years without anything significant and the studs will be looking for a new home on a winning organization.
‘Whew thats a tough first 4! A win in Baltimore would be huge.’
Yep. but after that, its the easiest schedule they’ve had since Palmer was drafted.
They can’t afford to lose the home opener. If they split the month as I described up above, they are in great shape for a playoff run.
The problem is its all offense, and pathetic defense. Run defense appears ‘on paper’ to be improved, but too me its a reflection of how the games went last year, and the type of teams we played than any real ‘improvement’. Watching as they gave up 42 points in 11 minutes against San Diego....God it was ugly.
btw, even if the Bengals produced a losing record, Marvin Lewis’s job is 100% safe. Hell, he’s got the safest job in the NFL today. Remember, Mike Brown and company kept the absurd David Schula for years, despite multiple embarrassing seasons. No way they fire him, he’s got a winning record.
The guy with his head on the chopping block in Chuck Bresnahan, a underwhelming Defensive Coordinator that owes his current job to the Raiders Super Bowl OFFENSE. Bresnahan has never produced a 15th ranked or better Defense in his NFL career. As the San Diego game demonstrated quite well, he’s simply a horrible, horrible DC. Why we hired him remains a mystery here in Bengals nation.