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Yay! The first quarter is over!! Gus runs into his own man and falls down to end the stanza... 10-0 Bengals

10-0 Bengals, can we call it now? Is there a 10 run rule in the NFL?

See, he just does not have the foot speed to cover. He is best as a safety at the Los, rushing the qb.. He, Hamilton

Rush under control please, jeepers that should be sack #4 already

Can't call that an interception, he threw it right to him. Oy

Great pressure on the pocket, just get him to the ground! Well done by Worley, who I think was out of position, but great make up speed to thwart that quick score. Took them almost 8 mins to kick a field goal, keep it up boys! Bengals may only win by 20

Well, time to sit outside, see if the grass will grow in this cold weather. It will be more, strike that, less excruciating

Yeah I don't understand not sitting Huntley the past two games with the way his arm/shoulder is hurting him. No zip on the ball even on short throws. At least the kid could sling a few down field to try & keep a defense honest.

So we win, they flip a coin to see who wins the North. Well... Sit Huntley, his shoulder is so bad his noodle arm had a noodle... it is not aldente' Screw the coin flip, let Huntley heal for a week so he is ready to lose the playoff game

Yeah, they know how to take people's money. Denver shot their wad last week with their boost from the interim coach. Vegas is banking on the rivalry and Kc's apathetic play waiting for the playoffs, to draw the Bronco faithful into a suckers bet

Maybe we can swing getting Sam Howell from the Commandos, he is starting this weekend. He has it all, it appears.. hey a guy could dream. The issue with college quarterbacks is the system they play in. Some college coaches teach to throw or look to throw to what should be an open area, rather than truly reading a defense. They tend to float an area rather than teach a qb to read the coverage, see who should be open based on routes & coverages. Duggan comes from a system that takes advantage of coverages, causing miss matches. Buy time with his legs to force an open man, exploit it. He also plays in a conference that is terrible on defense, coverages to be exact. Sure, a team may have one solid cover guy, but by and large, yuk. What you look for is a qb who dominates that weak coverage, like Mahomes did, or who has the mobility and accuracy, but his line or receivers are average. Duggan has a great wide out, one whom I hope the Ravens sell out and get, provided the qb position is fixed. Kentucky, though, runs a pro style offense, much like North Caroline where Howell came from and where his young replacement who looks Heisman worthy in coming years. Will Levis is that type of guy. Pro system, very mobile, accurate on all, I mean all of the throws. He has steam on the ball, easily making the throw from the far hash to the near, a big deal in college. Touch down field, know how to throw the back shoulder. Will he be a great? Ack, who knows, but I think he could be and we can get him and Quentin Johnston in the first with the picks from the Lamar trade should it occur.

Bring Joe back!

Well, no mas, no mas, Bengals win the North. Rest all of the starters, no sense playing this game

What worries me most is the draft. Where will a legit qb fall to the Ravens? Will they make the right choice? Stroud, Levis, etc? Eric has been real hit or miss on his draft picks since he took over in 2019, more duds than studs if you look real hard at each draft. If they don't land one, we are stuck with an inept offense for a few years only to start over again. The other question, if Lamar leaves, will Smith still want to sign here?

I can't see Harbs being put out to pasture, he has too many wins, this team for what ever reason has had a plethora of injuries, especially last year where they almost made the playoffs again with a completely depleted roster. Add to that the qb issues with injuries to finish out last year and this, unless the Biscuit demands Harbs replace Roman and he refuses, I think he is back for one, 2 more years. His in game mistakes still continue, clock management, I'll timed timeouts, fourth down decisions, never seem to improve. The way the team almost always seems to come out flat in night games, are all great reasons to replace him. Still, the decisions that need to be made with Jackson and Smith, with a hopefully new oc, you almost have to keep Harbs around.

So the game has been scheduled for 1pm, good, I hate night games. Here is the twist however. If the Bengals vs Bill's game is ruled a tie, which is possible, the Bengals would win the North no matter what the outcome of the Ravens game.

Yeah I don't know how the Biscuit could allow Roman to remain, Lamar or no Lamar, every other team using a back up qb has put up yards & points, but not Huntley with Roman. I think it is clear, Lamar goes, Roman goes and they find a new back up qb

So the only question is will Lamar play in the playoff game? In Cinci in January is will likely be very cold, so perhaps not....

Made your point? The player died in front of his teammates and the other team. Who cares about the media, or the fans for that matter. Are you saying because a million people saw it, that makes it worse? In this instance he was brought back, still alive leaving the field and currently still alive, though likely on a respirator. So yes, as I said, it did happen before and likely will again at some point. This was sort of a freak accident, as of now it APPEARS, that the hit to the chest happened inbetween heart beats. Play the game without fans if the fans were so traumatized from it. As I said, we're this a case of a shooting or stabbing, that is one thing. Reports that an unconscious player is awake at the hospital makes it easier? Tell that to the members of the Dolphins who fear Derryl Stingley was paralyzed, then the Reports come in that he is, did that cancel the games? Should it have? This wasn't even like the kid from Maryland who died on the practice field,Jarred Gaither, that required an investigation. If they cancel the game and the Ravens beat the Bengals next week, the teams are tied, then what? The Bill's have one less game, should they miss out on being the top seed in the playoffs?

Yes there have. Back in the early 70's a player died on the field, Likely because no one knew cpr nor were defibrillators invented yet that could be taken to the field. I would agree with you had he been shot or stabbed, or even if this happened in an on field fight. But players have been taken off unconscious, immobile because of spine injuries and yes, death.

Some in the media are calling for it, why? The game has farmers reaching implications, it is, sad to say sure, bigger than the individual. I feel for his family, friends, teammates, but the game has to be played even if they move week 18 games back a week. There have been players carted off on stretchers, in ambulances before (my self included), there will be again. This is not a high-school game, players know the risks, they get paid big bucks for the risks. I am sorry if I sound crass or heartless, I am neither, but a loss ir win by either team means a lot to the playoff seatings..

Yes, the time of the game is up in the air, it was going to be set after last night's game, if the Bengals lost, the game would be night time, a battle for the AFC North crown. But given the tragic circumstances last night, now that game has to be pushed back, to maybe tomorrow, Wednesday, or maybe even not until next week. So who knows, right now, what time the battle for the North will be, stay tuned. It is possible the Bengals enter the game on a short week. Edit to add, the league has said the Bill's vs Bengals game will not be this week, though the time of the Ravens vs Bengals game is still in question

All three? Should Hewitt get the nod over Roman for oc? Is Hewitt the issue with the route combinations? They brought in wide receiver "specialists", yet there is little separation, they seem to take too long to get to the top of the routes. If there is a passing game coordinator, the 2nd one in recent year (Culley), and the passing game sucks, or has gone down hill, should they look elsewhere? Since game one the offense has sputtered to a slow death. This, despite playing against some of the worst teams, defenses in the league. Even before Lamar got hurt, the passing game was headed down hill with no brakes and a tight curve ahead. Why? The talking heads have broken down the route concepts, shown how terrible they are. We see other teams use routes to get a player open with great success. Yet neither Culley nor Hewitt can design plays to get a player open? All we have are stop routes five yards from each other? No over routes to draw a safety away? No good combination routes to force a corner into a difficult choice when in zone? Who chose either pass game coordinator? How much say do they have in the passing game? I've seen many pass game coordinators literally change an offense into a juggernaut, but not here... Something has to change, this is years of the same thing. Different passing game coaches, different wide receiver coaches, different wide receivers, differnt qbs, granted Huntley is terrible, but still the same results, yes, it is clear, Roman, as great as his run concepts are, he is the problem.

Can you imagine if this defense had an offense, wow, Pittsburgh might have only scored 9 pts at most. Such a shame

Grub, I am sorry for your loss and pray for you and your family.