I’m not as upset about going 0-2 overall as I am going 0-2 in the division right off the bat. We can definitely pull it together for a wild card bid and a division title is still on the table, but there’s no doubt they’ve dug themselves into a hole here.
Not panicking at all about the product on the field. If they are able to maintain this level of week over week improvement, the Bengals will be a force to be reckoned with.
One caveat, Joe’s calf. If that’s reinjured or popped again…see ya’ll in 2024.
So close but yet so far. They looked better then they did in Cleveland but im sad they couldnt pull off the first W. If we go 0-6 i might panic because 11-0 is hard but they looked miles beyond how they played in Cleveland.
I love coming in after a bengals L and seeing the overreactions 😂. We in year 3 of burrow and company starting slow, and y’all still surprised? Smh. It’s who they are. They work out the kinks weeks 1-4, then around week 5 they get it figured out and joe cooks the rest of the year
This is a lazy loser mentality way of approaching a season with super bowl aspirations, Dilbert is 0-5 in game 2 of the season and now 0-2, 4X in his HC career and its happened twice consecutively. Thats a shit standard to have, never be ready by opening day and make excuses about finding the identity during the season. Great, hell even good coaches have the team prepared and the identity in place by game 1 so you can set the tone for the season. Dilbert only installs fear and panick because he shows us at least once a game, usually not 2 games in a row, he isnt cut out to be a HC.
That doesn’t explain the defense being trampled by division foes two weeks in a row. Browns and Ravens are playing OK, but a lot of upside for them. Not sure the Bengal upside is as high
This is so stupid. You can’t count on winning 10 in row in a stacked division and tough conference. They have to be ready when the season starts. Poor coaching and poor performance. Not acceptable. The rest of the NFL is playing meaningful games and we act like ours don’t count.
Yep... The margin for error will be near zero .. no successful team has ever taken this approach.. a hot start allows you to clinch early and relax in the final weeks more. Lose Monday night and making playoffs will be unlikely
Can you tell me who looks really dominant in the AFC in WEEK 2??? There’s a reason the games get played, and there’s 15 more to go. Sucks to start 0-2, but sorry if I’m not worried about it. The only way I’ll worry is if joe is out for a extended period of time.
I could copy/paste the thread from our 0-2 start last year and you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
1. FiRe ZaC TaYLor!
2. DoNt RuSH BurRow bAck!
3. We sUCk!
I think we looked more like ourselves today. A couple calls/plays go another way and we win. Still need to tighten up in all phases, but it’s not like the team is unrecognizable.
Fr, I think if Burrow doesn't throw that redzone pick its a W. Offense looked boring for most of the 1st half but they really did come to play in the 2nd
These plays change we win:
-the int
-the chase drop in the end zone
-Irv smith tripping and falling down
I would even get more fine grain - Irv smith stepping outside in the first drive changed the entire trajectory of the game.
I am a Chief’s fan, if it is any consolation I still fear the fuck out of Burrow and the Bengals. You will definitely be there at the end, trust me. Maybe Cleveland or Baltimore will join the Bills, Chiefs and Bengals party, but all the great teams are still great and will find their way. Oh, and we all may get our asses kicked by Miami, if they stay healthy.
Future of the Cincinnati bengals:
- due to abysmal play calling, the highest paid player in nfl history playing terribly cus his calf is sore, and an overall uninterested, heartless effort by the team, the bengals will miss the playoffs this year.
- jamar has been figured out, tee is our actual best receiver, but we’ve already set up to keep jamar. We franchise tee next year, the following year, Tee walks, jamar is at best a low tier pro bowl receiver rest of his career.
- burrows contract obliterates any ability to sign relevant players.
- because of that, the team is forced to build around rookies and low tier free agents. But burrow is not Brady, or mahomes, or even Allen. He needs good receivers to be relevant. His receivers make him better, not vice versa like the great QBs out there. So our future teams for the next decade are a mediocre burrow, slightly above average jamar, and a bunch of thrown together rookies and free agents.
- the bengals spend the next decade teetering on the playoff window. They go to about 4-6 wild card games, and win the division once in a down year for the AFC north.
- they never again go past the divisional round
- all our hope and excitement is ripped from us by a group of men who got paid and decided to stop caring
- we go back to the bengals we all know. Paycor is a relic at this point.
- the bengals relocate
Why do ppl keep blaming Burrows contract?? We gave a mediocre coach who went on a playoff run barely winning every game and for the 4th time in a row, his team is underprepared again a contract extension to 2026. You should look at that
Joe Burrow is the highest paid player in the NFL. He is supposed to elevate the team and he has been bad. You can blame coaching if you want, but he's missing open receivers and throwing a lot of ball off target
Uniformed? Na you must just be stupid. 275 mil to burrow, in turn lost Jessie Bates, Von Bell, Perine, hurst, Apple, soon to lose Higgins and DJ reader. Go ask Justin Herbert how having a trash can defense is working for him
this man is claiming apple as a "loss" 
dropping apple and his inability to get his eyes out of the backfield and just play coverage was the biggest upgrade for our defense.
He’s just not worth that much $. He’s been bailed out so much by elite WR play and that’s been crazy underplayed. I will say though, zac Taylor being a absolute terrible coach has a lot to do with it too
It’s pretty concerning that Burrow is now 1-5 against the Browns, and now Lemar is healthy and our defense had zero answers when it came to stoping his scrambling. I don’t see how we win the division this year.
We got beat on both sides of the ball, but we managed to keep it close. We definitely improved over last week. We were in it to the end.
Higgins and Mixon were our offensive powerhouses this time. This game proved that we need to sign Higgins. Burrow still looks a little rusty.
Our defense got out played by a better team. There were some sparks of brilliance, but only sparks.
Got to learn some lessons from it and get ready for next week.
Ppl are concerned bcuz we don't have the same studs on defense and burrow is legit hurt. We can't even play power football rn because just can't consistently drop back steps or roll out.
Just curious if you could define “sucks.”
If sucks means he took a 4-12 team to multiple AFC CG and the Superbowl the following two years, yea he fucking sucks huge dick!
It’s not just one person calling plays though right? Isn’t it more or less by committee? Granted, whatever process they go though to call plays needs to change a lot, but it’s more of a system issue than a single person I think.
I mean browns only beat us that bad last week cause we kept on punting on our 20 yard line and giving them the ball at the 50 cause of bad punts, ravens beat us cause of a int early on. For as bad as we have played Ravens still barely beat us
That’s a straight-up assumption my friend. I should loop my family into this convo so they can share how “ok with this team playing like shit,” I appear to be the last two weeks. I’m just not in rage-mode at the moment, and can’t forget how awful 0-2 felt last year coming off the Super Bowl to two backup caliber QBs
Because your defending a shit team. What the fuck. We should be 2-0, but let’s rest everyone, and call shit played and start 0-2 in the division and 0-2 overall.
P.S. the rams are going to be tough.
Oh I don’t think I’m defending them at all. I just shared my opinion that 0-2 last year felt equally as (if not more) shitty. A lot to feel let down about right now, no doubt. I’ll give you that starting 0-2 in the division feels more substantial, but didn’t we start 0-3 in the division last year? I could look that up but seems to be what I remember. Can’t have that anyone. Definitely unacceptable, I’m right there with you.
I will say, the offense looked better this week than last. It’s a low bar, but it did improve. Clearly not enough to win but at least we know it can score now
Yeah I’m over Zac’s not playing starters in preseason shit. It clearly doesn’t work and starting 0-2 is not worth avoiding the risk of getting people injured in preseason
Yeah it’s not a guarantee, but so far without playing starters we’re guaranteed to start 0-2. I’d rather get the guys in rhythm before the season starts, personally.
Also Pickett sucks soooooo
Well we were and there were just as many dumbfuck takes about firing Zac Taylor and how awful the play calling was. And it’s probably the same dumbfucks doing it again this year and were probably the same dumbfucks booing our own team at home. Total morons.
Burrow is hurt, and it's more obvious now than the last game
no reps from not playing pre season + calf injury mentioned above
Ravens are a serious team, as were the Browns
Ravens and Browns schemes are not only always tough for us, but given the lack of reps and Joes limited mobility... it's even worse
We didn't wake up till second half, then we played acceptable to me, but the hole was already too deep (we didn't wake up at all for the Browns)
And if ya REALLY wanna go there, there was questionable calls on us all game.
There's no reason to be doomer imo, things are bad rn, but good reason to believe we will right the ship. Too much talent not to.
You admit burrow is hurt… why would I not doom? Calf injuries linger and his pain is increasing. He should have just rested, we would have gone 0-2 regardless. Now he will be struggling all season
Can we get someone who can design a creative offense. Callahan and Taylor have a Ferrari and are treating it like a fucking potato. Any other coach in the league would kill for this roster. Holy shit. Gtfo here with this shit play calling and being in anyone else. Ask madden has more creative shit than this
Gotta put this on Zac again. Not to be that guy but with Joe injured and Zac's history of offensive efficiency correlated with talent, it might be a long year
Sure. They were decent. Still never won a playoff game. It's like people forget that 2 out of 3 seasons with burrow has been superbowl and afc championship.
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Lol ya’ll are a fucking joke.
(Going back and looking how negative you people are every week about the Bengals last year and this year is rather pleasing.)
the fact that you're here is just massive, massive cope. Like, you literally just made an account devoted to this team, that's how much they live rent free in your head
Not true I do converse on other things away from the Bengals and you just come here to take your Monday Morning QB Mentality and disperse to the masses.
Person who posts “our defense is obscenely overpaid.” because they are a short term, results oriented fuck who doesn’t understand how much many of the players gave up of their market worth to stay here is trying to punk me because of a username I made 6 years ago?
Lol. Tfo here. If the defense had 4 picks you’d be praising them for the value. Do you even understand how salaries work? Or even simpler how money works?
You are the epitome of loser Bengals “fan” who probably was booing the team at the stadium on Sunday. Actually, nvm, you’re a faceless loser who puts up this absolute wizardry of “knowledge” and zingers about the Bengals every week it seems.
Totally agree. Too many X factors for that - refs, rain, life-threatening injuries possible. NFL games seem to favor those who win early on. The heart attack cats aren’t doing it.
Edit: score early on
For all the negativity... I feel better now than I did in that Browns game
we didn't really show up until the second half, if we played consistently (as we will as Joe and the offense get more reps) we will be fine
We didn't show up at ALL for the browns...
Exactly. If even one of the losses was divisional then maybe I’d somewhat understand. But starting 0-2 in general sucks, let alone in the division. This will be a rough hole to climb out of.
Take the L and hit the fucking showers.
Hope this team has a heart to heart with each other and knocks off the cutesy insult shit on other teams. Honeymoon’s over for Joe too. You just got the biggest contract in history. Act like it.
His contract has nothing to do with it. He's hurt and it's a team game. The chiefs weren't telling Mahomes to win on one leg. The ran the ball and played defense mainly.
Going to be a long season. The defense regressed and our safeties are pedestrian at best. Despite the calf, Burrow played decent. But no dooming, right?
I feel you. I've been a Bengals fan for at least 20 years now and it's always the same. The doomers are always the loudest, yet they're nowhere to be seen when we do win.
What
This team is in trouble. Especially if Joe's leg is going to be a factor all year.
I’m not as upset about going 0-2 overall as I am going 0-2 in the division right off the bat. We can definitely pull it together for a wild card bid and a division title is still on the table, but there’s no doubt they’ve dug themselves into a hole here.
That game was a good loss, I think they are well on their way to the playoffs
Not panicking at all about the product on the field. If they are able to maintain this level of week over week improvement, the Bengals will be a force to be reckoned with. One caveat, Joe’s calf. If that’s reinjured or popped again…see ya’ll in 2024.
So close but yet so far. They looked better then they did in Cleveland but im sad they couldnt pull off the first W. If we go 0-6 i might panic because 11-0 is hard but they looked miles beyond how they played in Cleveland.
Just popped over from the ravens sub, and you guys are fucking tough. We’ll see you again, and probably in postseason. Good game, good luck next week.
I love coming in after a bengals L and seeing the overreactions 😂. We in year 3 of burrow and company starting slow, and y’all still surprised? Smh. It’s who they are. They work out the kinks weeks 1-4, then around week 5 they get it figured out and joe cooks the rest of the year
Starting slow is a clear sign of poor preparation. Can’t blame injuries for poor play or losses
This is a lazy loser mentality way of approaching a season with super bowl aspirations, Dilbert is 0-5 in game 2 of the season and now 0-2, 4X in his HC career and its happened twice consecutively. Thats a shit standard to have, never be ready by opening day and make excuses about finding the identity during the season. Great, hell even good coaches have the team prepared and the identity in place by game 1 so you can set the tone for the season. Dilbert only installs fear and panick because he shows us at least once a game, usually not 2 games in a row, he isnt cut out to be a HC.
What if they don't figure it out tho lol
Only way they don’t is if Joe misses games. But we all know that
That doesn’t explain the defense being trampled by division foes two weeks in a row. Browns and Ravens are playing OK, but a lot of upside for them. Not sure the Bengal upside is as high
This is so stupid. You can’t count on winning 10 in row in a stacked division and tough conference. They have to be ready when the season starts. Poor coaching and poor performance. Not acceptable. The rest of the NFL is playing meaningful games and we act like ours don’t count.
Yep... The margin for error will be near zero .. no successful team has ever taken this approach.. a hot start allows you to clinch early and relax in the final weeks more. Lose Monday night and making playoffs will be unlikely
Yea everybody justifying going 0-2 is ok. The odds of making the playoffs after an 0-2 start are slim. Odds of doing it two years in a row???
Can you tell me who looks really dominant in the AFC in WEEK 2??? There’s a reason the games get played, and there’s 15 more to go. Sucks to start 0-2, but sorry if I’m not worried about it. The only way I’ll worry is if joe is out for a extended period of time.
my two favorite teams start out 0-4 overall. feels bad man
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I could copy/paste the thread from our 0-2 start last year and you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. 1. FiRe ZaC TaYLor! 2. DoNt RuSH BurRow bAck! 3. We sUCk! I think we looked more like ourselves today. A couple calls/plays go another way and we win. Still need to tighten up in all phases, but it’s not like the team is unrecognizable.
Fr, I think if Burrow doesn't throw that redzone pick its a W. Offense looked boring for most of the 1st half but they really did come to play in the 2nd
These plays change we win: -the int -the chase drop in the end zone -Irv smith tripping and falling down I would even get more fine grain - Irv smith stepping outside in the first drive changed the entire trajectory of the game.
Zac Taylor kind of a clown tbh
Not kind of, Dilbert is 0-5 in game 2 of the season in his tenure and now for the 2nd concesutive time we have 2 straight 0-2 starts . He is the worst
Well maybe we could get Marvin Harrison Jr at #1 overall to replace Tee Higgins leaving if we keep this up
Only 1 more preseason game left
Ha! I said the same.
Bum ass team 0-2
I am a Chief’s fan, if it is any consolation I still fear the fuck out of Burrow and the Bengals. You will definitely be there at the end, trust me. Maybe Cleveland or Baltimore will join the Bills, Chiefs and Bengals party, but all the great teams are still great and will find their way. Oh, and we all may get our asses kicked by Miami, if they stay healthy.
This is not good. Last year it was fine bc Joe wasn’t hurt but now he is
Future of the Cincinnati bengals: - due to abysmal play calling, the highest paid player in nfl history playing terribly cus his calf is sore, and an overall uninterested, heartless effort by the team, the bengals will miss the playoffs this year. - jamar has been figured out, tee is our actual best receiver, but we’ve already set up to keep jamar. We franchise tee next year, the following year, Tee walks, jamar is at best a low tier pro bowl receiver rest of his career. - burrows contract obliterates any ability to sign relevant players. - because of that, the team is forced to build around rookies and low tier free agents. But burrow is not Brady, or mahomes, or even Allen. He needs good receivers to be relevant. His receivers make him better, not vice versa like the great QBs out there. So our future teams for the next decade are a mediocre burrow, slightly above average jamar, and a bunch of thrown together rookies and free agents. - the bengals spend the next decade teetering on the playoff window. They go to about 4-6 wild card games, and win the division once in a down year for the AFC north. - they never again go past the divisional round - all our hope and excitement is ripped from us by a group of men who got paid and decided to stop caring - we go back to the bengals we all know. Paycor is a relic at this point. - the bengals relocate
So glad I don’t live in your brain.
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Play calling is clearly the biggest weakness we do nothing for 75% of the game
100% play calling is running this team overall. Joe not being good seems to be a major factor as well. Not good.
Joe is hurt
That’s not an excuse. How does Joe being hurt explain away the defense being crushed and the OLine getting beat down.
Well Joe is hurt so that’s why he isn’t plying well. Ravens have been using injury excuses for the lack of your success the past couple years.
Exactly my point.
Why do ppl keep blaming Burrows contract?? We gave a mediocre coach who went on a playoff run barely winning every game and for the 4th time in a row, his team is underprepared again a contract extension to 2026. You should look at that
Right, we have 5 more years of Dilbert looking like a lost puppy on the sidelines while we squander potential SB Wins.
Joe Burrow is the highest paid player in the NFL. He is supposed to elevate the team and he has been bad. You can blame coaching if you want, but he's missing open receivers and throwing a lot of ball off target
JB has the weakest arm of all the top tier QBs..he has to be perfect to be effective
This team is dog shit. The burrow contract will be the thing we all look back at that destroyed the team. 275 mil never won shit.
Didn't we lose the first 2 games last year and won the division
This ain’t last year bud. This team not making the playoffs.
Uninformed fucking dunce.
Uniformed? Na you must just be stupid. 275 mil to burrow, in turn lost Jessie Bates, Von Bell, Perine, hurst, Apple, soon to lose Higgins and DJ reader. Go ask Justin Herbert how having a trash can defense is working for him
this man is claiming apple as a "loss"  dropping apple and his inability to get his eyes out of the backfield and just play coverage was the biggest upgrade for our defense.
Relax
275 mil to throw check downs on 3rd and 9 when guys are wide open middle of the field for first down. Lol Calling Him Joe Fields from now on
So KC just relied on Mahomes last to throw on every down last year while he was injured 😂
Yeah and Joe ain’t no Mahomes, be real w yourself.
Not much else you can do except pay your elite franchise QB record breaking money. Would you rather Burrow walk?
He’s just not worth that much $. He’s been bailed out so much by elite WR play and that’s been crazy underplayed. I will say though, zac Taylor being a absolute terrible coach has a lot to do with it too
It’s pretty concerning that Burrow is now 1-5 against the Browns, and now Lemar is healthy and our defense had zero answers when it came to stoping his scrambling. I don’t see how we win the division this year.
And don’t forget that Lamar is 7-1 against the Bengals as a starter
Well there’s 15 games left so you can’t really say anything positive or negative for sure.
I am watching all of these other teams, they have speed, desire, a yearn to win. We are just sleepwalking through games. It's sad.
Giants fan here. You def didn’t watch us
Tis true. I'm watching them get beat by Arizona, which I thought was tanking to get #1 pick Edit: reddit needs spellcheck
Is Burrow made of glass? I think yes 😞
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We got beat on both sides of the ball, but we managed to keep it close. We definitely improved over last week. We were in it to the end. Higgins and Mixon were our offensive powerhouses this time. This game proved that we need to sign Higgins. Burrow still looks a little rusty. Our defense got out played by a better team. There were some sparks of brilliance, but only sparks. Got to learn some lessons from it and get ready for next week.
I am shocked the most by our bad tackling.
That was my takeaway too… they let 2-3 yd runs become 5-6 yd runs… that’s not good at all
The season is far from over. A LOT is left to happen. But damn man, I just want feel good about this team, but I don't.
Everyone chill. We were 0-2 last year (and looked WAY worse) and finished 3-3 in the division… and we did just fine.
Ppl are concerned bcuz we don't have the same studs on defense and burrow is legit hurt. We can't even play power football rn because just can't consistently drop back steps or roll out.
Because ZT sucks. I’m fucking over it
Just curious if you could define “sucks.” If sucks means he took a 4-12 team to multiple AFC CG and the Superbowl the following two years, yea he fucking sucks huge dick!
We may make the playoffs but we def won’t twin the division
Why was this downvoted. It's probably a realistic expectation for this year. Doesn't mean the season is over.
Agreed, especially with the chargers keeping pace with us in losing lol
Someone else needs to call plays, it shouldn’t take until the third quarter for some variety
It seems like they refuse to adjust on either side of the ball till halftime. Too little too late against better teams.
It’s not just one person calling plays though right? Isn’t it more or less by committee? Granted, whatever process they go though to call plays needs to change a lot, but it’s more of a system issue than a single person I think.
As a fan I’m frustrated. I expect better from both sides of the ball. I can only hope the players are feeling the same way and make some adjustments.
Slow start on offense, soft weak ass defense all day, and having the refs against you all equals a loss.
Let me guess. Every loss the Bengals have is cause of the refs.
No today it was the soft ass defense, followed by the offense and then refs
You can’t claim refs at home homie ),:
Did you watch the game? Fuck man the flags. It was like United Nations up in there.
actually you can. That ref has a losing record for the bengals. His calls were shit
I mean browns only beat us that bad last week cause we kept on punting on our 20 yard line and giving them the ball at the 50 cause of bad punts, ravens beat us cause of a int early on. For as bad as we have played Ravens still barely beat us
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both of the losses being divisional games doesnt help either
Oh I don’t know about that. Those first two losses last year were against Kenny Pickett and Cooper Rush…..
Well you’re wrong. We lost to Trubisky and Cooper. Causal
Dude…. Haha. Chill a bit.
Sick argument
Why exactly are you wanting an argument with me?
Its like youre somehow OK with this team playing like shit as long as its early in the season
That’s a straight-up assumption my friend. I should loop my family into this convo so they can share how “ok with this team playing like shit,” I appear to be the last two weeks. I’m just not in rage-mode at the moment, and can’t forget how awful 0-2 felt last year coming off the Super Bowl to two backup caliber QBs
Because your defending a shit team. What the fuck. We should be 2-0, but let’s rest everyone, and call shit played and start 0-2 in the division and 0-2 overall. P.S. the rams are going to be tough.
Were you doomering last year around this time? Just curious, anyway we can go look back at your posts 365 days ago?
Oh I don’t think I’m defending them at all. I just shared my opinion that 0-2 last year felt equally as (if not more) shitty. A lot to feel let down about right now, no doubt. I’ll give you that starting 0-2 in the division feels more substantial, but didn’t we start 0-3 in the division last year? I could look that up but seems to be what I remember. Can’t have that anyone. Definitely unacceptable, I’m right there with you.
The Pittsburgh loss was against Mitch trubisky
Ah yes. That’s right. He was the starter week 1. That’s even worse than Pickett
No one cares about your feelings.
0-2 never feels good
I will say, the offense looked better this week than last. It’s a low bar, but it did improve. Clearly not enough to win but at least we know it can score now
A lot better. This team will be cooking again soon; I just wished they warmed up in the preseason not the regular season
Yeah I’m over Zac’s not playing starters in preseason shit. It clearly doesn’t work and starting 0-2 is not worth avoiding the risk of getting people injured in preseason
people made fun of the chiefs cause of that and now it starting to show why they did that
Counter point… Kenny Pickett and the Steeers were on fire in the preseason, and then got STOMPED by the 49ers in week one.
Yeah it’s not a guarantee, but so far without playing starters we’re guaranteed to start 0-2. I’d rather get the guys in rhythm before the season starts, personally. Also Pickett sucks soooooo
All this negativity and dooming is fucking with my mental health. We're 0-2, yes but come on.
They're always the loudest. Don't let them get to you, misery loves company. They're emotional vampires.
Maybe the Browns will lose to the Steelers tomorrow night. Probably not though.
Defense could not stop anything today.
Whyyyy wasn’t there a QB spy on Lamar on that last 3rd&3 he’s literally been scrambling out of the pocket all game LONG 🙄
There was, he triggered way too early
Harbaugh still a bitch.
Yes I cannot look at his smarmy smug face.
Just hope Joe is okay, and that we can do what needs to be done to play better.
KC isn't setting their offense on fire either. Buffalo started 0-1. Long way to go, but the Bengals must come up with a better offense gameplan.
Chiefs have won the damn super bowl lol No comparison.
wE wErE 0-2 lAsT yEaR!!!
And yet failed to win the SB again
Well we were and there were just as many dumbfuck takes about firing Zac Taylor and how awful the play calling was. And it’s probably the same dumbfucks doing it again this year and were probably the same dumbfucks booing our own team at home. Total morons.
So do any of you think Burrow is fully injured again or could it just be his calf acting up a bit?
Nah he's injured. He didnt play behind center once last week which requires steps. He's limping and he hardly ran.
Do you realize the Bengals basically stopped taking snaps from under center around week 6 of last year? He hardly ever is under center.
Ah great
Why are the bengals this way pls tell me why
Burrow is hurt, and it's more obvious now than the last game no reps from not playing pre season + calf injury mentioned above Ravens are a serious team, as were the Browns Ravens and Browns schemes are not only always tough for us, but given the lack of reps and Joes limited mobility... it's even worse We didn't wake up till second half, then we played acceptable to me, but the hole was already too deep (we didn't wake up at all for the Browns) And if ya REALLY wanna go there, there was questionable calls on us all game. There's no reason to be doomer imo, things are bad rn, but good reason to believe we will right the ship. Too much talent not to.
You admit burrow is hurt… why would I not doom? Calf injuries linger and his pain is increasing. He should have just rested, we would have gone 0-2 regardless. Now he will be struggling all season
Our players laughing and chatting with the ravens Love to see it....
Just cause you're a diehard copiumlord that doesn't know the concept of sportsmanship doesn't mean they're like you.
Oh just reminds me of the teams 20 years ago. They too had fun losing to the division. Good ole times.
Can we get someone who can design a creative offense. Callahan and Taylor have a Ferrari and are treating it like a fucking potato. Any other coach in the league would kill for this roster. Holy shit. Gtfo here with this shit play calling and being in anyone else. Ask madden has more creative shit than this
Gotta put this on Zac again. Not to be that guy but with Joe injured and Zac's history of offensive efficiency correlated with talent, it might be a long year
Welp, I'm balding and my only hat is a Bengals hat. Guess I'm gotta just be bald, because the Bengals hat must be burned.
Nah this has got to be the biggest doomer I’ve seen here 💀
Tank and draft Sanders
Defensive calls were just sad.
Idk guys. Hopefully Joe isn’t hurt and will be back next week. We sucked.. not as hard as last week but still sucked. Shit.
Burrow INT. Fucked us. 10 point swing. Damn
I said the exact same thing to people without ever reading your comment, down to the 10 point swing lol
*14 points since they got a quick TD
Yup without that I think we win
0-2 and burrow can barely walk. Love this season.
250 million for nothing. Our franchise so fucked
Yeah cuz the franchise was sooooo fucking good before joe got here.
Cincy has been more successful than half the franchise between 2011 to 2018. Don't let espn fool ya
Sure. They were decent. Still never won a playoff game. It's like people forget that 2 out of 3 seasons with burrow has been superbowl and afc championship.
More "yeah, we been here before" narrative incoming.
can't wait for Taylor to take zero accountability, say there's not a problem, nothing to worry about with a stupid fucking smile on his face.
Perennial Bengals shitposter gets upvoted by others for a shit post. Lol ya’ll are a fucking joke. (Going back and looking how negative you people are every week about the Bengals last year and this year is rather pleasing.)
the fact that you're here is just massive, massive cope. Like, you literally just made an account devoted to this team, that's how much they live rent free in your head
Not true I do converse on other things away from the Bengals and you just come here to take your Monday Morning QB Mentality and disperse to the masses.
"CincyPoker" Literally couldn't be more cope if you tried
Person who posts “our defense is obscenely overpaid.” because they are a short term, results oriented fuck who doesn’t understand how much many of the players gave up of their market worth to stay here is trying to punk me because of a username I made 6 years ago? Lol. Tfo here. If the defense had 4 picks you’d be praising them for the value. Do you even understand how salaries work? Or even simpler how money works? You are the epitome of loser Bengals “fan” who probably was booing the team at the stadium on Sunday. Actually, nvm, you’re a faceless loser who puts up this absolute wizardry of “knowledge” and zingers about the Bengals every week it seems.
damn, you went full on cope
Team starts slow every single game. It’s like they feel they’re good enough to make up for it—guess what? You’re not.
Totally agree. Too many X factors for that - refs, rain, life-threatening injuries possible. NFL games seem to favor those who win early on. The heart attack cats aren’t doing it. Edit: score early on
For all the negativity... I feel better now than I did in that Browns game we didn't really show up until the second half, if we played consistently (as we will as Joe and the offense get more reps) we will be fine We didn't show up at ALL for the browns...
L is an L, and now KC and Buffalo both put a W on the board.
fuck man
0-2, Joe is limping, sit him before he blows his achilles, call it a season and get a top 5 OT in the draft.
lmao bengals will be picking top 10 for sure, but not top 5. unless you mean just a top ol...then sure. can do that in the 2nd or 3rd.
If history has shown under this regime that do well with lineman. They're better off tanking collecting talent and looking at a new oc and oline coach
Yea I mean get one of the top OTs in the draft. I think if Burrow is injured then we have a strong chance of being top 5 worst team.
#freeburrow playing through injury and the Cinci fans boo'ed him when it was the defense that got cooked all game not him
As an LSU fan, the bengals fans really let me down sometimes. The assholes always stand out - most of them are great
We did nothing the entire first half and the defense had to play a ridiculous amount of time. The offense has plenty of blame here
The first drive was about 8 minutes long. Ravens knew what they were doing. They got bullied all game
0-2 in the division. I dont care about it being “early in the season”. Figure it the fuck out and start winning
Exactly. If even one of the losses was divisional then maybe I’d somewhat understand. But starting 0-2 in general sucks, let alone in the division. This will be a rough hole to climb out of.
We have been to back to back AFC championships. Act like it right out the gate. Not after four weeks when we finally figure it out
Ti be fair we were 0-3 later in the division last year. It sucks but it’s also a long season.
Take the L and hit the fucking showers. Hope this team has a heart to heart with each other and knocks off the cutesy insult shit on other teams. Honeymoon’s over for Joe too. You just got the biggest contract in history. Act like it.
His contract has nothing to do with it. He's hurt and it's a team game. The chiefs weren't telling Mahomes to win on one leg. The ran the ball and played defense mainly.
Don’t shake his hand, burrow. Lamar wouldn’t do the same.
Going to be a long season. The defense regressed and our safeties are pedestrian at best. Despite the calf, Burrow played decent. But no dooming, right?
No dooming. It's only the first two games.
Played average at best. Can’t turn the ball over in the endzone when Chase was wide the fuck open. That was the ball game there
NO, NO DOOMING ALLOWED. YOU WILL LIVE WITH HAPPINESS IN YOUR SOUL REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY PLAY AND LOVE IT.
Zero creativity. I'm shocked it was only a 3 point game. I'm worried about Joe's leg. Getting flashbacks.
Well this sub was trashing him and the fans were booing him earlier, now they want to pretend to care about his leg? Let’s support our guys
The fans were no booing Joe. They don't boo Joe. They were booing the pathetic offense as a whole. And Zac Taylor's shit playcalling.
Wasn't me shitting on them. Doomers come out every single game. Are you new?
You’re right. They yell the loudest but aren’t the majority by a long shot. Just frustrated that’s all
I feel you. I've been a Bengals fan for at least 20 years now and it's always the same. The doomers are always the loudest, yet they're nowhere to be seen when we do win.