20 points allowed
Lawrence three for only 90 yards in his first 23 attempts (3.91 avg)
Tackling was solid
Blitzes were very good including the Reid blitz that on the Watson pick play
He did this with 5 rookies playing a lot of snaps today. Just a remarkable performance from his defense [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
I've been saying it all year, and a bunch of you JABRONIS have been giving me shit about it (thanks Kelce, I think I'll adopt that) but Spagnuolo has done an incredible job all season long playing half of his defense in rookies. All of those snaps early in the year, all of those rookie mistakes, all of that paid off last night.
I don't want to hear anymore bullshit about Spagnuolo. The man was a fucking magician this season, and the future is bright because of the groundwork they've laid on that side of the ball this season.
He played all of those rookies, and they took their lumps, and survived. We don't win last night without Jaylen Watson, Joshua Williams, Mcduffie, Karlaftis, and even Cook; who had a couple of penalties, but also that huge tip for the INT.
Yup, Spags and this core of Rookies drafted by Veach, all came up BIG to beat Burrow and the Bengals. Huge. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
I've been saying it all year, and a bunch of you JABRONIS have been giving me shit about it (thanks Kelce, I think I'll adopt that) but Spagnuolo has done an incredible job all season long playing half of his defense in rookies. All of those snaps early in the year, all of those rookie mistakes, all of that paid off last night.
I don't want to hear anymore bullshit about Spagnuolo. The man was a ****ing magician this season, and the future is bright because of the groundwork they've laid on that side of the ball this season.
He played all of those rookies, and they took their lumps, and survived. We don't win last night without Jaylen Watson, Joshua Williams, Mcduffie, Karlaftis, and even Cook; who had a couple of penalties, but also that huge tip for the INT.
Spags has been nothing short of a defensive Wizard. I'll admit I wasn't initially thrilled with the hire (I thought he might be too old), but the results speak for themselves. [Reply]
We all just have to learn to accept that spags is a late bloomer. He’s done it almost every year he’s been here. And with Reid and mahomes, he can afford to do that. He seems like a mad scientist trying lots of things out during the season but to his credit during the late stretches he sticks with what works. Largely. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
With basically all rookies in the secondary!
Can't over emphasize how important this is. The Bengals have a great offense with at least two future HOFs. They got held to 20 points. KC got a ton of pressure, but if not for the performance of the secondary it would not have mattered. This is not a team that has been carried by the offense all year like 2018. The defense held their own far better than they should have with so many rookies playing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
5 sacks, 2 INTs, and 13 pressures, just to highlight that defensive effort.
Spags is a beast
Bengals O Line was beat up last night. I don't say that to diminish what Spags accomplished last night, but rather to emphasize how important it is to get pressure in Spags system.
I really hope the Chiefs trade up in the upcoming draft for a difference-maker at DE. Add a superstar DE to this line and the Chiefs defense will jump to top 5. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
I'm not sure Spags wants 'big, slow, defensive ends'.
Clark's like 255. He's just not very good.
I think y'all have to remember that we've been drafting in the back quarter of the draft every year for a decade now, almost. The dynamic speed rushers typically go earlier.
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
With basically all rookies in the secondary!
This can't be stressed enough, pure wizardry, a beautiful thing to watch, my old DB heart get filla' with joy, imagine if they could play like they did in the 90's. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sofa King:
I pray the Eagles are dumb enough to talk a bunch of shit the next two weeks
I don’t see it. It’s gonna be an interesting dynamic. There’s so much love hate between these fanbases. I know several diehard eagles fans and they’re as hard nose as it gets but they love Andy Reid way too much to truly hate us. [Reply]
Here is the most interesting point to me Chris Jones told us in the production meetings that the first matchup during the regular season they purposefully didn’t move him around, planning to do it when they played again in the playoffs and they would move him around https://t.co/SFv9F3cN3C
