BennySwella
We need better LB's
Let us get this out of the way, we lost this game, and we will continue playing at an extreme disadvantage because of the way our offensive line is decimated by injuries because Sam Young at LT, along with Ted Larsen and Co are extremely bad.
This loss should not be put on Ryan Tanehill, while I don't think every QB would have thrown 2 pick sixes, I do know that every QB would struggle with this offensive line. Look at Eli Manning in New York with his horrible oline he cant do a thing. At this point I wish we had the Giants offensive line because ours might be the worst in the league by a long shot at the moment and it makes it harder to evaluate just how much of the offensive deficiencies are Gase and Tanehill's fault.
I hope you guys noticed how the Bengals' defense zeroed in our offensive line's left side and went to town. This will continue to happen unless something is done immediately. We need to make a trade or sign some free agents in hope of finding an acorn because these fruits are rotten and the beast Khalil Mack will feast.
One thing will be said however, while the offense may be struggling, the defense is great and special teams are good and we are only get beaten because of the lack of support from the offense. The defense is fun to watch and is the only reason we have won and been in games at all this year.
So what is causing our offensive problems? When the line was healthy at the beginning of the game it seemed like we were doing much better. We even had a decent drive from the offense but the very moment Laremy Tunsil went down with a concussion, the game did a 180 degree turn in momentum.
You could tell the announcers could not recognize that it was the Tunsil inury that derailed the Phins, as they proclaimed that the momentum change was from the field goal Cincy had just kicked, just prior to the injury but I knew it as soon as I saw Sam Young in at Left Tackle that we might lose the game up up 17 to 3.
The offense literally did the worst thing it could have possibly done to prevent us from even defending ourselves. The offense gifted them the game and changes MUST be made if we plan to win.
It is so hard to truly be able to tell if Gase is good at play calling, with 1.) Such a bad offensive line and 2.) Tannehill at the helm. He should relinquish play calling temporarily to see what happens, but in the end it would be a wash because of the offensive line unless they do great somehow.
One thing I know for sure is that we absolutely need to go after a couple of lineman and maybe a QB in the draft this offseason, maybe one that can scramble well inside and out of the pocket because he might need to if they are going to continue to not address the offensive line.
All in all we played much better than I thought we would. I loved the first half and absolutely hated watching that 2nd half.
This loss should not be put on Ryan Tanehill, while I don't think every QB would have thrown 2 pick sixes, I do know that every QB would struggle with this offensive line. Look at Eli Manning in New York with his horrible oline he cant do a thing. At this point I wish we had the Giants offensive line because ours might be the worst in the league by a long shot at the moment and it makes it harder to evaluate just how much of the offensive deficiencies are Gase and Tanehill's fault.
I hope you guys noticed how the Bengals' defense zeroed in our offensive line's left side and went to town. This will continue to happen unless something is done immediately. We need to make a trade or sign some free agents in hope of finding an acorn because these fruits are rotten and the beast Khalil Mack will feast.
One thing will be said however, while the offense may be struggling, the defense is great and special teams are good and we are only get beaten because of the lack of support from the offense. The defense is fun to watch and is the only reason we have won and been in games at all this year.
So what is causing our offensive problems? When the line was healthy at the beginning of the game it seemed like we were doing much better. We even had a decent drive from the offense but the very moment Laremy Tunsil went down with a concussion, the game did a 180 degree turn in momentum.
You could tell the announcers could not recognize that it was the Tunsil inury that derailed the Phins, as they proclaimed that the momentum change was from the field goal Cincy had just kicked, just prior to the injury but I knew it as soon as I saw Sam Young in at Left Tackle that we might lose the game up up 17 to 3.
The offense literally did the worst thing it could have possibly done to prevent us from even defending ourselves. The offense gifted them the game and changes MUST be made if we plan to win.
It is so hard to truly be able to tell if Gase is good at play calling, with 1.) Such a bad offensive line and 2.) Tannehill at the helm. He should relinquish play calling temporarily to see what happens, but in the end it would be a wash because of the offensive line unless they do great somehow.
One thing I know for sure is that we absolutely need to go after a couple of lineman and maybe a QB in the draft this offseason, maybe one that can scramble well inside and out of the pocket because he might need to if they are going to continue to not address the offensive line.
All in all we played much better than I thought we would. I loved the first half and absolutely hated watching that 2nd half.
