No real surprises

[Essex Johnson]

(09-24-2024, 07:33 PM)Joelist Wrote: Are we still doing this nuttery that a Rookie is suddenly better than Burrow because he faced the worst defense in the NFL in years? Burrow was not the problem, the offense was not the problem. The problem is our patchwork DL which gets zero pressure and has poor gap discipline coupled with atrocious tackling.

On the upside Jenkins looked good and Cedric Johnson in very limited duty flashed a little. McKinney Jackson should be back in 2-3 weeks along with Murphy. Which leads to the unfortunate potential scenario that the defense gets good again after it doesn't really matter.

Burrow played very well just missed redzone opportunities but Daniel's played outstanding even when there was pressure he escaped it and had timely runs. You don't go 21 out of 23 just because of a struggling defense,  he came in NFL very accomplished and he show it last nite