Caesar

I was there. I've watched it 100 times. Try watching it in real time, a massive man pushed a 280 pound man to the ground and he rolled one time. We do not have dirty players. Ravens and Steelers own that in our division. I get that it is your QB but this has been analyzed, I would suggest watching it in real time. I do remember the Hurst block somewhat but not definitively. Hurst was super aggressive on every single play, I stand by the statement that our guys do not want to intentionally hurt another player, but Hurst would push the edge the closest by far. We have ignorant posters like this on our board as well. And we shut our own stupid posters down immediately if the opposing fan is simply talking ball and being respectful. We like talking ball with others so that we are more informed about the other team. Our stupid fans that act like this only embarrass themselves and us when they make these types of comments, thus they are appropriately checked.

You seem to think Boyd and Chase are Rhodes Scholars....? The fragility here about the Bengals being asked about McKenzie's comment is quite sad. It is like those of you whining about that never played ball in your life. The Benglas do not care about any snow comments. These are ball players answering questions from dumb beat reporters looking for a sound bite. How do you NOT know this? Fans overhype the bulletin board material because they are amateurs. Now the playoff situation last year? Sure that probably angered some of the players, the Bills had nothing to do with that, they were just the next game. Every team has dumb players that say dumb things and many times just say whatever and every team has fragile amateur fans that take stupid statements way too seriously. Professional NFL teams should not, and do not, require artificial stupid motivation to win a game. But the bulletin board stupidity makes for message board content for the less uninformed people.

We began taking the ball midway last season because our offense was sucking so bad to start the season, it seemed to help. Not sure of the analytics, probably just a mental thing for us last year.

I absolutely believe you. There are so many here that I respect and enjoy talking ball with.

Except one Bills player actually did say that. I'm not sure that any others did. That happens, trust me we had to deal with Eli Apple. Except that did not happen. The Bengals or the fans do not have any ill will towards Buffalo. You guys also used to like us as well until we got Burrow....

You do know that you are proving my point about being a box score watcher right? Your takes are the most immature on this entire board, Im not going to get into a trash talk convo with you. There are many informed Bills fans here that I have enjoyed talking to and I actually respect

A few reasons: 1. Burrow not being healthy until week 7 is pain in the a$$ and becoming quite annoying. His limitations have been obvious 3 years in a row. It is amazing how high our stats were at the end of each season. We literally start out on the bottom third of every offensive category each season. 2. Offense line in 2021 was the worst in the league. Oline up until week 7 or 8 last year was awful. It is better this year. 3. Zac Taylor doe not scheme well at all. Mike McDaniel could do wonders with our WR corp and Burrow. We simply do not scheme anyone open it seems. Play calling has also been horrendous at times. I will say that last couple of games the scheme and play calling has been more creative, of course the TE room is pathetically awful. We would gladly take Pete Metzelaars in his 60's right now.

So you just dont know ball? Gotcha. As long as it makes you happy, fell free to keep up the cheerleading and the trash talk kid,

Refute the fact that the Bengals are NOT hobbling injury wise? Sure, we have no starters in danger of missing the game due to injuries. As to the defense I have continually stated that we give up way too many yards. It is kind of tricky stat wise though. We were awful vs the Browns vs the run - but a closer look reveals that we held them to under 2 yds per carry 9 out of 10 times and then give up a 20 yarder a couple times. The offense did NOTHING and the game got away in the rain, vs a great oline and RB, and the 4th Qtr they just stomped us. 49ers had 365 yards passing, but 156 came on 3 drives vs prevent defense that ended in zero points. We will always give up yards, we always have. With Burrow and Higgins healthy hopefully the offense can stay on the field a little longer which will help. Allen is always a dual threat and if he goes off I will not be surprised just because of who he is.

Many of us Bengals fans have this very same sentiment, it is mind-numbing at times.

The media is searching for content. No AFC team is fantastic right now with the Chiefs, Bills and Bengals all underachieving. The Ravens are probably the most sound team and they lost to the Colts. Ravens being good is probably good news to you guys as the Bills seem to contain them much better than the Bengals. As to Cincy last week was what we have been waiting for, but still I have no crazy notions that we will be that effective and efficient on offense as that game. I will say that the oline and defense are beginning to play with more cohesion & better communication. Having Burrow and Higgins healthy can only help as well. The media crowned Buffalo SB champs too early last year and even if Cincy wins Sunday I hope they do not do that with us, we need to stack many more strong games games together. Buffalo can definitely beat us at home this game and we both have challenging schedules ahead.

Bengals are hobbling? We should have all 11 starters on offense and defense and Special Teams. PFF? Box score guy.... Another interesting take......

This is an extremely intelligent comment. As to more negatives, the Bengals do give up too many yards at times and we still have difficulty overcoming a penalty or a sack, they almost always end up stalling a drive.

Serious question. Are you a teenager? I dont come here to trash talk and I dont come here to talk with children, period. I simply read for the best Bills info and to provide some Bengals info. Nothing I said warranted the "WTF????!!??" comment, and again you are proving yourself to be a box score watcher. We will see how much pounding the Bills do on Sunday in Cincy.

Interesting. Im happy for your confidence and the fact that you admit to being a box score watcher, which is kind of amateur. Purdy ripped the defense with 365 yards right? Except 156 was in 3 drives vs prevent defense that ended in zero points. 209 yards vs base defense isnt that impressive. Previous games our offense did their best to break the all time 3 and out record. Made life very tough on the defense. The Bengals have given up ONE more passing TD than the Bills and ONE more rushing TD than the Bills. Bengals also have 2 more interceptions. The Bills were rated a much better defense than the Bengals all last year too, but you keep thinking that Anarumo's defense is a swiss cheese joke.

The Bengals defense returned 9 starters and 10 backups. Pretty much the same. Benglas lost both safeties who were sound and great communicators. Dax Hill will be better than both Bates and Bell, he has already shown flashes we havent seen in a long time. Scott brings much more speed than Bates/Bell but he hasnt been nearly as good, he is the weak spot and thus rookie Battle has been getting time. I will add that 2nd Rd rookie DJ Turner has been extremely impressive at CB. Awuzie is still a step slow coming off the ACL kind of like what you saw from White last year.

I'm a longtime season ticker holder, I've only followed every single piece of media regarding Burrow since he was drafted. I have NEVER seen or read a Bengals coach saying this. Defenses did change to lots of cover 3 & cloud coverages and Burrow adjusted. In fact I would say that Burrow enjoys 17 play 80 yard drives as much as one long bomb. He knows he is a surgical assassin and seems to relish picking apart defenses and tight window throws. His strength is rapid diagnosis and going to the right WR asap.

Higgins has had a bruised rib, he said he was much closer to 100% last game.

Josh Allen changes everything. Im a big fan of his and will not underscore his potential to take a game over. The couple of long drives that the 49ers had were both dependent on a long pass on what seemed to be most 3rd and longs. Kittle hurt us as he has in the past as does every TE in the world. I can see Kincaid having a big game. We do much better vs very good WRs than even average TEs. VS Seattle we scored 2 TDs the first 2 drives then had 3 straight 3 and outs, we stalled every drive after those with at least 7 punts and one interception. Our defense didnt get a chance to even sit down after the 1st Qtr because the offense was so terrible. The offense was still limited and Seattle figured out the limitations. Cincy's D has tightened for 2 and 1/2 seasons now, so I will give Lou that. We went several games in a row last year without giving up a 2nd half TD last year. We will give up yards no doubt.

I think many Bengals fans are simply relived that Burrow is finally healthy and we can run the full playbook again. The offense was so limited, no under center, no rollouts, boots, etc. Our coaches really sucked butt in being creative in any way knowing what they were dealing with as to Burrow's calf. Add to this that the Bengals seem to match up very well with the Bills for whatever reason and that we usually play well at home in big games. That said, very very many of us are well aware of Allen's capabilities and the strength of the Bills roster. You guys are still Top 5 in so many categories. If the Bengals do not come out hot early it will be extremely difficult for us. This is dumb. Allen could still move and throw. Also Allen is alien, so big and strong. It really is stupid to say Burrow starts slow just because.... Our offensive line and defense both start slow - these are true.

Bengals defense has given up yards most of the year, we usually do. Anarumo always says points matter way more than yards. Purdy's stats are a little skewed. He had 156 yards on 3 drives: Last 30 seconds of 1st half vs prevent: no points. Last 2 drives of the game vs prevent: no points.

We have opposing fans on our board... if they are banning you I will definitely say something. I enjoy the other fanbases posting, they know way more than we do about their team. I usually dont post much here but I read often as there are some very informed posters here.

You dont keep up with the other teams very much do you? 2021 Burrow was coming off a major ACL/MCL injury, he wasnt mobile the first few weeks of the season. 2022 Burrow had major surgery and lost over 20 ponds immediately before the season started. 2023 Burrow missed all of training camp, couldnt plant - much less run, with a bad calf. Last week was his 1st 100% healthy game. Taylor is not a great coach but none of this is on coaching. Kind of an embarrassing take.

Burrow in Week 1 last year... Weeks off major surgery, missed 90% of preseason, lost over 20 pounds had 6 practices before game. Burrow in Week 1 this year... Missed the last 6 weeks of preseason, had a total of 3 full participation practices, played hurt in a monsoon, vs defense with no tape and Myles Garrett.

Bosa & Burrow have the same agent (Ayrault). Jones has the Katz brothers. Why are you leaving out the over 200M spent on players salaries? Operating expenses is staff and buildings costs.