Commish's Take

[rm1369]

Good to see Tyquan Lewis contributing finally. Team desperately needs Turay back though. They go through to many long stretches with no pressure.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by rm1369

Good to see Tyquan Lewis contributing finally. Team desperately needs Turay back though. They go through to many long stretches with no pressure.

Yes. Justin Houston was invisible all day long. What did they have, 1 sack against the worst line in the league in terms of sacks. Seemed like the Bengals were winning at the LOS all day long.

That fumble by Doyle on the 2nd play may be the weirdest play I’ve ever seen. He just flat out dropped it, without being touched. When that happened I thought, well, it’s gonna be one of those days.

I thought Reich messed up by not running more once they got the lead. They should have been pounding it with Taylor and they just kept chucking it. And it almost came back to bite them in the ass when Rivers threw the pick.

[Butter]

Okereke and Blackmon are studs. Okereke is always going to be overshadowed by Leonard, but it is interesting how little attention he gets by fans and the media. Blackmon has been simply outstanding for a rookie who cam in off an injury.

[IndyNorm]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

Yes. Justin Houston was invisible all day long. What did they have, 1 sack against the worst line in the league in terms of sacks. Seemed like the Bengals were winning at the LOS all day long.

That fumble by Doyle on the 2nd play may be the weirdest play I’ve ever seen. He just flat out dropped it, without being touched. When that happened I thought, well, it’s gonna be one of those days.

I thought Reich messed up by not running more once they got the lead. They should have been pounding it with Taylor and they just kept chucking it. And it almost came back to bite them in the ass when Rivers threw the pick.

The lack of pressure on Burrow was the biggest surprise/disappointment for me. As you mentioned the Bungles have given up the most sacks in the league (at least going into today) and from what I've heard/read Burrow has been under a ton of pressure every week up until now.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by IndyNorm

The lack of pressure on Burrow was the biggest surprise/disappointment for me. As you mentioned the Bungles have given up the most sacks in the league (at least going into today) and from what I've heard/read Burrow has been under a ton of pressure every week up until now.

That is troubling, it frankly goes back to my dislike of Eberflus. He sucks.

[Puck]

I hope you aren't basing Taylors 5 ypc as the reason for his "best game". He had a couple big runs Other than that he was very below average. His 5 ypc is very misleading

[Racehorse]

Originally Posted by Puck

I hope you aren't basing Taylors 5 ypc as the reason for his "best game". He had a couple big runs Other than that he was very below average. His 5 ypc is very misleading

I suppose you would prefer Mack, but Taylor is going to be just fine.

[Puck]

Originally Posted by Racehorse

I suppose you would prefer Mack, but Taylor is going to be just fine.

Not at all, I am a fan of JT. Just think everyone is jumping the gun. Mack got the same treatment on this board his rookie yr. He hit a few big runs and everyone wanted him to replace Gore. His ypc was also high because of a couple of big runs so it was also misleading.
But Mack in his rookie year was a lot like JT this yr. He doesnt have the vision yet and hes learning the system.

He'll get there. I have no doubt, but he's not there yet. Mack was a terrible loss for this team.
Just saying besides the two big runs his ypc was below 2 yards per carry without doing the math.

[ukcolt]

I have been really disappointed with Ben Banogu, has he done anything this year? Lewis had a decent game, but some of his splash plays were not necessarily where he won his match up, he was left to roam free.

At least we tried to use the middle of the field a little more with Burton and Doyle this week.

Hilton just appears to be really struggling, although to be fair the officials really allowed both sets of DB's to play quite physical football.

Who is this Harris kid, No. 12. He had a good game. Surprised he made the active roster ahead of both Fountain and Patmon. What happens to our WR's once Pittman and Campbell are back? Hilton, Pascal and Johnson surely are locks with their reputations/play this season. We would have those 3, plus Pittman, Campbell, Dulin, Harris, Fountain and Patmon....no chance you can keep everyone???

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

Originally Posted by ukcolt

Who is this Harris kid, No. 12. He had a good game. Surprised he made the active roster ahead of both Fountain and Patmon. What happens to our WR's once Pittman and Campbell are back? Hilton, Pascal and Johnson surely are locks with their reputations/play this season. We would have those 3, plus Pittman, Campbell, Dulin, Harris, Fountain and Patmon....no chance you can keep everyone???

At the present time, DeMichael Harris isn't permanently on the active roster. With the modified COVID-19 roster rules, teams can elevate two practice squad players to the game day roster to increase the game day roster to 55, but those two players revert back to the practice squad the day after the game.

If everybody gets healthy, I would assume that Fountain would be cut and they would hope that they could sign him back to the practice squad.