Spotto Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Nice work by Patrick. He's a possible replacement for Perine if he gets hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
membengal Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Nice engine on cam sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
membengal Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 The D only gave up 29 rushing yards tonight...that's pretty fucking awesome - pre-season or not. I was genuinely not expecting the D - especially the d-line - to be absolutely dominant. That is...new. Also, this might give some context to the offensive struggles week 1 in camp... I am really pleased with pretty much everything from tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 9 hours ago, TigerJ@w said: He is forced to spend his salary cap. It is per the CBA. He must spend 89 percent of it over a 4 year span. I believe this changed when they stopped giving draft picks millions in signing bonuses or soon there after. You actually have to spend at least 89% EVERY year and 95% over the total 4 year period. We had to spend money in FA because we are no longer paying Geno, Carlos, AJ or Andy. Those were our 4 highest paid players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 11 hours ago, Hooky said: I guess old habits of blaming Mike Brown for everything are hard to break, even though he obviously isn't in charge any more. After doing nothing in FA for 3 decades, he's finally going to spend a shit ton of money the last 2 years? And he was the one that decided to fire Marvin after almost 2 decades of being fine with his production? Brown HAD to spend all the money laying around after dropping our 3 highest paid players’ salaries: Geno, AJ and Carlos Dunlop. If he didn’t, he would have had to write a check to the player’s union. Yes, Mike Brown is the one that decided to keep Marvin way too long and finally fire him after he had 3 straight losing seasons. Are there any other questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicoli Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Game one. I honestly didn't really see too much to bitch about. Defense looked fast to my eyes. Also, Allen is a much better player than people give him credit for, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
membengal Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 This backs up my initial impression… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibor75 Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Nothing tonight means anything. Unless Ossai is out for the year with a broken wrist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TigerJ@w Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 1 hour ago, SF2 said: You actually have to spend at least 89% EVERY year and 95% over the total 4 year period. We had to spend money in FA because we are no longer paying Geno, Carlos, AJ or Andy. Those were our 4 highest paid players. No shiz! If he didn’t spend to my percentage then it must be more over the 4 year span. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEarl Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 My takeaways are that the Bengals competed well physically and that zero good quarterbacks played in that game. For game 1 of preseason I'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEarl Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 16 hours ago, Hooky said: I guess old habits of blaming Mike Brown for everything are hard to break, even though he obviously isn't in charge any more. After doing nothing in FA for 3 decades, he's finally going to spend a shit ton of money the last 2 years? And he was the one that decided to fire Marvin after almost 2 decades of being fine with his production? The hell he isn't in charge. I'm sure the kids run the day to day operations, but Brown is still involved with personnel decisions. Brown absolutely made the decision to fire ML and the articles about Brown and Carman are out there. The stuff about spending to the cap has been well covered by others. Really bad take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|SF2| Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 5 hours ago, UncleEarl said: My takeaways are that the Bengals competed well physically and that zero good quarterbacks played in that game. For game 1 of preseason I'll take it. Defense was flying around making plays. Good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
membengal Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 This was the hold called on Carmen by the way - still don't think it was a good call... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
membengal Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 With 12 hours to reflect: 1. The defense was REALLY impressive. All three teams. The first team D had such a promising debut. Pressure from the line, swift LBers to the ball, glue coverage from Awuzie. And that mostly repeated through second and third team (w/ a few exceptions). Maybe the difficulty they've been giving Burrow and the offense is...legit. 2. Decent pocket for Allen to work with when he had first string line. Really fun to see each of Boyd, Chase and Higgins get a catch to move the sticks. 3. Hope that teams that need FG kickers are on our speed dial for Seibert. I would really like to see them move him for a 6th or so. I think there should be a market. 4. McPherson has a howitzer of a leg. Backs up what we've heard from camp, but, the ball just explodes off his foot. 5. I hope like hell that Ossai is not a bad injury. They clearly have something there. But there also really good work from Sample and Hodge and man does our defensive line depth look quite different this time around. On Ossai's sack of Brady, was nice to see that Hendrickson had beaten the LT badly and was arriving from his side as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duluoz Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 12 hours ago, membengal said: The D only gave up 29 rushing yards tonight...that's pretty fucking awesome - pre-season or not. I was genuinely not expecting the D - especially the d-line - to be absolutely dominant. That is...new. Also, this might give some context to the offensive struggles week 1 in camp... I am really pleased with pretty much everything from tonight. I'd like to get hopeful from last night's win, especially the way the D looked, but preseason games are pretty meaningless, for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
membengal Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Except...when we lose, right? Then they are meaningful? There are certain things which I think matter more than others. Being the more physical defensive front for the entire game against a team like Tampa who are widely considered very deep everywhere is something that I think it is okay to be pleased about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
membengal Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 fwiw (and Jordan played several series while rest of first team o-line played just one series): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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spicoli Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Wow is D’Ante Smith gonna start for this team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
membengal Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 18 minutes ago, spicoli said: Wow is D’Ante Smith gonna start for this team? He hasn't been at RG yet so I don't think so. But, will be interesting if he gets some looks there this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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