Game Thread: Bengals vs. Cowboys - The Disappointment Bowl

[cincygrad]

Anyone ready to lose a couple hours of sleep to watch the new and thrilling ways a Zac Taylor team can lose in primetime?

Who you got? I have a feeling that this is the week that the wheels come off for the offense. Burrow can only do his magic act for so long before fatigue sets in. Losing OBJ means that Ford goes back to right tackle and Volson is back at guard. Parsons looks as healthy as he has been which gives the Dallas D some juice that they have been missing all season. You can definitely run on Dallas, but I'm sure our coaching geniuses will abandon this plan after getting down by one score early. The D will be missing Logan Wilson again and we know that Cooper Rush is particularly good at getting the ball out fast and he won't be afraid to take the obvious check-downs. So, he basically just has to do a Russel Wilson impersonation from last week and see if the Bengals can stop it. I'm guessing they cannot.

 

[DanBengalfan]

watched part of it, fell asleep

 

[Cincyfan78]

Someone actually out-bungled the Bengals...I mean, with all these 1 score games, it was bound to happen eventually.

The defense still looks bad. Rush just wasn't able to take advantage - and the offense, even though it's still putting up points, is woefully inconsistent considering the talent they have.

This win will look pretty on paper, and I'm sure there will be those within the Front Office that will point to a few meaningless wins in late Dec/Jan as proof things were turning around. However, I heard all those same tropes in the 90's. I'm not buying, nor am I fooled, but these games. Changes, big ones, are needed across the board.