Lessons learned from Cincinnati Bengals NFL preseason to Green Bay Packers

[|BlackJesus|]

#1 lesson was that Burrow is fine and will be ready week 1 ... (cue the backwards hat, shades, and my zipper tent) ...

 

[-GoBengals-]

As i continue to get insanely old and grumpy, the thing that continues to be bothersome is the media in general, almost all social media is pandering to a hot take or catchphrase and no one os just talking football anymore. its a bummer, preseason it hard to watch in general but the only bright spots are when Duke was on the broadcast for the Bengals game, i mean thing for all the games i stumbled across watching, acting like anything going on on the field is exciting marvelous football is silly and the halftime shows or nfl network shows showing stat lines like its the playoffs is a waste of airtime. 

 

I fear the nfl is chasing the NBA where viewerships is TANKING ENDLESSLY in the NBA however revenue is skyrocketing, so the league could care less if you watch or go to games, as the marketing deals are paying for everything. and its going to crash and burn hard one day.

 

some examples of my bitching reasons, is the statline for Fields, he was something like 3/3 128 yards and 2 TD. but he had some dump offs that got run for TD's, and shows acting like he is slanging it in the game.

 

he didnt throw the ball past the line of scrimmage even one time. 

 

I love fields and think he is gonna be awesome, but why not have real coverage, "bears keep it simple and let fields test his new weapons, etc" would ahve been accurate coverage.

 

then i scrolled through twitter seeing if i missed anything bengals related, and its nothing but one Carman highlight near the goalline saying how shitty he is and there is no excuse for that play and blah blah blah.. he didnt play great, but the play thats EVERYWHERE was clearly and obviously a blown snap count, the guard also had no idea wtf was going on, the center fucekd up the count. but that gets turned into a carman shit-a-thon by a bunch of 20 year old twitter champions wasting everyones time and brain power.

 

and why the hell didnt CJ Stroud play more? if youre going to sacrifice your rookie to to the league, at least get him all of the reps you can in preseason. he threw 4 passes.

 

thats my rant.

 

i did enjoy the game though, Dax made great plays that made me feel better about him starting, Trevor sucks, but i think we all knew that. 

 

I cant decide if i want the O-line ti pla a series or two in the last preseason game or not..

[Le Tigre]

48 minutes ago, GoBengals said:

I fear the nfl is chasing the NBA where viewerships is TANKING ENDLESSLY in the NBA however revenue is skyrocketing, so the league could care less if you watch or go to games, as the marketing deals are paying for everything. and its going to crash and burn hard one day.

Curious take. I have wondered about this enigma: I know more than a few NBA fans who didn’t watch a minute of the Finals. One mused that “if Jayson Tatum had been there, I might have watched”. 
 

Could be that the game has degenerated down to that teams no longer matter….just the stars? 
 

I can see the NFL devolving into this eventually. 

[Griever]

2 hours ago, Le Tigre said:

Curious take. I have wondered about this enigma: I know more than a few NBA fans who didn’t watch a minute of the Finals. One mused that “if Jayson Tatum had been there, I might have watched”. 
 

Could be that the game has degenerated down to that teams no longer matter….just the stars? 
 

I can see the NFL devolving into this eventually. 

I have gotten this feeling in the NBA for quite some time now

[T-Dub]

Feels like the NBA playoffs are almost as long as the regular season, for me it's waiting until the postseason and seeing if anyone I like makes it.  End result is more like a 2-tier system.

[MichaelWeston]

Is there a way to watch the Packers vs Bengals game on replay?

[Cricket]

1 hour ago, MichaelWeston said:

Is there a way to watch the Packers vs Bengals game on replay?

 

8:00 pm tonight (Monday) on NFL Network.  
 

🦗

 

 

[|High School Harry|]

9 hours ago, Cricket said:

 

8:00 pm tonight (Monday) on NFL Network.  
 

🦗

 

 

Thank you.  I would like to catch it, too.

[MichaelWeston]

Curious if there are any Packers who are on the fringe who could help us out. That RB looked good in highlights. Here is their roster

 

QB	Love 25	Clifford 27	McGough 24					3
RB	Jones 25	Dillon 24	Taylor 24	Goodson 25	Wilson 26	Nichols 27	McCrary 24	7
FB	Deguara 24	Pearson 26						2
WR	Watson 26	Wicks 27	Heath 26	Chrest 24				4
WR	Doubs 26	Melton 25	Watts 26	Miller 24				4
WR	Reed 27	Toure 26	Dubose 27	Bonds 26				4
TE	Musgrave 27	Kraft 27	Davis 24	Allen 25				4
LT	Bakhtiari 25	Nijman 24	Jones 25	Telfort 26				4
LG	Jenkins 27	Rhyan 26	DeLance 25					3
C	Myers 25	Hanson 24	Empey 24					3
RG	Runyan 24	Newman 25	Schneider 24					3
RT	Tom 26	Walker 26	Tenuta 24					3
K	Carlson 27							1
P	O'Donell 24	Whelan 24						2
LS	Orzech 25	Hatcher 26						2
LE	Clark 25	Wooden 27	Moultrie 26					3
NT	Slaton 25	Ford 26	Slayton 25					3
DE	Wyatt 27	Brooks 27	Lewan 26					3
OLB	P Smith 27	Van Ness 28	Enagbere 26	Mosby 24				4
ILB	Campbell 27	McDuffie 25	Carpenter 26					3
ILB	Walker 27	Wilson 24	Phillips 26					3
OLB	Gary 24	Hollins 23	Cox 26	Banks 26	Odumegwu 26			5
S	Savage 24	Moore 24	Johnson 27					3
S	Ford 24	Owens 24	Leavitt 24	Sapp 26				4
CB	Alexander 27	Stokes 26	Ballentine 24	Ford 25				4
CB	Douglas 25	Valentine 27	Thomas 25	Hooper 26				4
NB	Nixon 24	Gaines 24	Jean-Charles 25					3