The Good, Bad, and Fugly; Preseason Game 1

[jj22]

(08-08-2025, 05:34 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: The thing that concerns me is this is exactly what we saw from the defense last year.  It looks identical.  The defensive line not being able to generate much pressure on the QB and getting gashed in the run game.  The DBs playing way off the ball getting burnt and looking like they dont understand their assignments in the defensive scheme.  I do think they will improve but I dont see this defense as being anything but a bottom half defense.

Easy conversions of 3rd and long. I even seen a couple of easy 3rd and 20 conversions.. It was merciful they kicked FG's and didn't go for it on all of the 4th downs...