Caesar

If I do not attend the game will you be ok with me hanging out in your game day chat? 🙂

Apologies if I mistook your original comment. Brother if you understood how clowny our local media can be. Since Burrow arrived we have so many bandwagoners doing media and Cincy gives out press passes to anyone. It is like they make ish up just to provide content daily. So many times the players are asked stupid questions and these guys run with it. And I have already acknowledged that we have some low IQ ballers when it comes to guys giving answers in the locker room. It's just a weird conversation. I cant imagine me getting upset because of some motivation McDermott may have said.....? I will say that we have one of the younger teams in the league so maybe it helps those guys somewhat?

Bengals have 49ers, Jags and KC on the road, not quite as bad. Poor KC has the Lions, Bills, Bengals, Eagles all at their place..... interesting algorithm the NFL has.

This is very amateur FL Fan, every team comes up with some kind of motivation, I doubt that it ever truly works with professional athletes. Why fans would get so riled up at an opponents attempts to motivate their players is crazy. Saying that the Bills never use motivation is quite revealing as well. You seem to be experiencing some serious coping on an issue that has nothing to do with the Bills, unless you think that the "tickets motivation" is what caused the Bengals to thoroughly whip the Bills in the playoffs? Our fanbase isnt too caught up in these things, we do have some young ones that get fired up over trivial silly things like these but those of us that have been around a long while take it for what it is... nothing.

You are arguing with one of the most informed Bengals fans you will ever communicate with. I see and read it all. Trust me, Burrow was not healthy vs Seattle, our play book is the only evidence you need as an outsider. You want to live in your own reality? Feel free, but you look silly to those of us that actually know. I would never try to correct you guys on Josh's shoulder.... that would be stupid.

You say you are not fragile yet you are up in arms about an opposing football team utilizing or even manufacturing motivation tactics for their players? You think that the Bengals are the only team that does this? The only team that has ever done this? C'mon man.

Our team has been healthy but Burrow hasnt been. What a weird retort?

Lol, no. Actually watch the games. We had the same limited play book. We had zero under center, no run game, and all the issues I mentioned before. If you dont know the difference in the offensive scheme from Seattle to 2 weeks later in San Francisco just say you didnt watch the games. It was beyond evident and nonstop mentioned in the post game pressers. This is actually a silly convo, you couldnt be more wrong.

LOL, good catch, and yes he is weird, but that guy knows offense.

"Burrow was healthy vs Seattle", is only stated on this message board. He wasnt. We had the same limited playbook as the previous games, no under center, no play action, no roll outs, no QB draws, etc. Inability to go under center severely limits the run game, RPO, and play action. Seahawks young CBs are very solid. I have no idea what to expect from the Bills.

I dont want to diminish Tua in any way, and Hill has been tremendous for them, but Mike McDaniel with Burrow or Allen would be extremely dangerous IMHO.

Gotta love Nick Wrong. At least he isnt biased..... He sh!ts on Josh Allen more than any player and he is scared of the Bengals. The 1st interception Higgins did not cut inside the safety, he said it was his fault. The 2nd interception was hitting Tee in stride in the belly and the DB made a great play with the tip. You act as if you havent seen truly bad interceptions before? I'll also add the refs giving KC a do over after a 3rd down stop didnt help, along with other refs doing refs things in KC and our terrible punter. I was disheartened at how bad the offense became when Boyd went down.

Mixon was a full go at practice today. If he goes down we would have to pull Ickey Woods out of the crowd to play RB.

This is the 1st time I have ever read any DJ Reader negativity. The guy is touted by many as the absolutely best run NG in the NFL. We will see how he does Sunday night but he is vital to our defense. Hole in our secondary? We have an insane WR rating, it is very good. Granted we have a safety spot that could be better and for some reason the only TE we ever cover is Kelce... Bengals D is coming around now that the offense decided to stop breaking 3 & out records. Allen is a huge test though.

Lol, ok kid. I know your players but I am not on expert on them, on the outside looking in it would seem that losing Jones would be a big hit. I know our dline wouldnt be the same if we lost a guy of that caliber. I see. Yes you are correct. Joe likes contact, he is an idiot at times. Joe is a Ferrari without the top end speed, at least Allen is a semi truck.

Are you referring to his scrambling? With all due respect, Burrow has been an escape artist since he entered the league. That is his game and why we sucked so bad early on. His calf injury was non-contact, no one was within 15 yards of him. I'm not sure what more to say, maybe watch some highlights from previous years or something? Many Bengals fans felt that the Bills had no energy in that playoff game. They absolutely went through a ton of adversity last season. I am not extremely confident in my team whatsoever, this game will be a solid litmus test for both teams IMHO.

Maybe... Im not sure how many outside of Buffalo would agree with this, especially with DaQuan being out. I wouldnt be surprised if the Bengals welcomed Poyer in the box, they may run right at him. Although I admit I prefer your LBs instead, as Burrow could likely do way more damage to them. "He hasn't faced a rush like ours yet." Myles Garrett Za'Darius Smith RoQuan Smith Ravens D Aaron Donald Jeff Simmons Denico Autry Bobby Wagner Arik Armstead Fred Warner Nick Bosa. He has faced quality defenders. You may be right though, that defense could destroy the Bengals.....

Yes he was. We could not, and did not, run any plays under center, he still couldnt move much at all, our playbook was so limited. We are all astounded (and annoyed) at how much a stupid calf strain can impact a QB, especially after watching Allen throw 80 yarders with his cannon ripped up on the inside last year.

I couldnt agree more brother. My only guess is that the rules favor the offense so much these days that the defense is playing with one hand tied behind its back.

We are the epitome of bend dont break, we give up a ton of yards at times. Lou says "yards in stead of points". Basically worked out ok the last couple of years. Im not sure any stats can truly provide a clear picture of our team at this time. The offense was so screwed up the first 6 weeks it impacted everything. The Bills game will tell us if we have turned a corner or not.

You are correct in that the Bengals D does not have many accolades, that said: Hendrickson has the most QB pressures in the last few seasons, (unsure of the numbers), but it's up there. Hubbard was listed as one of, if not the top, run stopping DE the last 2 years. DJ Reader is without a doubt one of the best NGs in the league, especially at run stopping. Wilson and Pratt are becoming an upper tier LB duo. Hilton is a top nickel corner. Our young CBs have played very well, Awuzie is still slow off the ACL. Hill has been really good at safety. Scott not so much, a rookie has been getting snaps. This D gives up yards but can be stingy when it comes to points.

I know I get a little too snarky with some of the antagonists, I'll try to do better. I do hope for a injury free game for both teams and that any Bills fans attending to have a wonderful time. Those I met last season were awesome people. Get your refunds was totally manufactured, but the league didnt handle the situation well in our opinion and was low hanging fruit.

The Bengals offense wasnt remotely close vs the Ravens or the Cardinals. The 49ers game was the 1st in which Burrow looked healthy and they actually took snaps under center and opened up the playbook. I absolutely agree with this; " Im just not ready to say they've righted the ship based on one game." The Bills will be a very tough test to see if we have truly turned the corner.

Apple was such a headache, simply not an intelligent person. He was so awful his first few weeks but then became a very productive player. We paid him $1M to be CB4. CB1 went down and he played CB2 all the way to the SB. We paid him $3M to be CB2 for awhile until rookie was ready and then benched, CB1 went down and he played CB2 for 10 straight wins and AFCCG. Like/Hate relationship with this guy. I like GoldStar better as well.

Using stats doesnt really tell the true story, we couldnt run 50% of our offense. Good point on Hurst. Bengals TE room is worse than an overfilled outhouse. It is painful. Good point on Perine. We miss him badly. "Burrow is rounding into form but has yet to be really challenged and chased around the pocket." Burrow has been chased by Myles Garrett, Za'Darius Smith, RoQuan Smith & the Ravens D, Aaron Donald, Jeff Simmons, Denico Autry, Bobby Wagner, Arik Armstead, Fred Warner and Nick Bosa. With all do respect, the Bills may get to Burrow a bunch, but on paper the front 7 isnt better than what Burrow has faced thus far.