Originally Posted by MTG#10:
Glancing over a few Bengals forums, their fans are oddly confident.
Why wouldn't they be? They're fans. Their team beat the Chiefs in week 17 and just went on the road and took down the #1 seed. No reason they can't play loose and win this game.....except for the fact that we are going to absolutely kick their ****ing teeth in :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
We do not need to blitz this team. Their offensive line is so bad and Burrow will just hold onto the ball too long anyway. Double team Chase, don't let them have anything deep. We will destroy these frauds.
Yeah Burrow, like Mahomes, eats blitzes alive. No reason to blitz him at all really with their OL. Needs to be a totally different gameplan defensively from the last game. [Reply]
The first question I'd have to ask is, who's officiating this game? If we get this same crew that called it fairly well for both ways in last night's game, that's a good start. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Priest31kc:
Yeah Burrow, like Mahomes, eats blitzes alive. No reason to blitz him at all really with their OL. Needs to be a totally different gameplan defensively from the last game.
Stunts. Lots of them.
Blitzing should be minimal and only in situational purposes. [Reply]
Man, just rewatched the highlights of last night's game. We generated a ton of pressure, but Allen was unreal in his ability to evade and escape. Burrow does not have that mobility.
The Bills wrecked our secondary deep, however. That is a major concern, with Burrow, Chase, Higgins, and Boyd rolling into town. We need our safeties to play D E E P. Keep EVERYTHING in front of you. Do not let them gash us for massive gains with the deep pass. [Reply]
Originally Posted by HC_Chief: Man, just rewatched the highlights of last night's game. We generated a ton of pressure, but Allen was unreal in his ability to evade and escape. Burrow does not have that mobility.
The Bills wrecked our secondary deep, however. That is a major concern, with Burrow, Chase, Higgins, and Boyd rolling into town. We need our safeties to play D E E P. Keep EVERYTHING in front of you. Do not let them gash us for massive gains with the deep pass.
Both QB's (Pat and Josh) did an amazing job avoiding pressure.
The key with Burrow isn't blitzing him. The key to defending him is to make him throw short, and generate as much pressure as you can with 3-4 man fronts. Their OL is garbage. Don't throw him a life line by blitzing and playing Chase (et al) in single man coverage with little to no help over the top. He threw some amazing dimes against pressure in week 17. They won EVERY 50-50 ball in that game. That can't happen again. [Reply]
