Bengals at Rams Celebration Thread

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Distracted from football today as it was my son's birthday but I did get to watch the game later, very happy with the win, there were some beautiful plays today by Goff (y)(y)(y)
 
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Good news is that McVay has a bye week to work out some kinks in the playbook. I'm hoping he understands the value of a dink and dunk passing; he's too dependent on chunk yards in the passing game and an effective run game for short yardages gains.
 
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yrba1 said:
Good news is that McVay has a bye week to work out some kinks in the playbook. I'm hoping he understands the value of a dink and dunk passing; he's too dependent on chunk yards in the passing game and an effective run game for short yardages gains.
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Agreed but could that be a product of past red zone struggles in 2017? It's tougher to score when the field is shortened to under twenty yards. Maybe McVay's strategy switched to big plays to negate those struggles that many teams have in the red zone. Plus the zone blocking scheme tends to be a big gain system. So the entire offense flows that way.

I think it took a few games but we are seeing a shorter passing game in response to defenses copying the Bears defense against the Rams. Not coincidentally, in those games the Rams are not scoring as prolificly. We are also seeing a run scheme change. So as McVay reacts to these 6man fronts, he plays back into the DCs hands by going more ball control which allows teams to play an affective bend but don't break defense.

McVay was sticking with the big play offense against the Pats and was widely criticized for it. But, in reality it nearly won them the Superbowl. A pass interference that wasn't called negated a TD for Cooks. A throw a split second too late negated another. The score could easily have been 17-14 with the Rams winning. I hope McVay can come up with a different solution.
 
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Solid win, even if not spectacular. Going into the bye without any major injuries, although Cooks concussion issues bear watching.

I did like how the D was able to keep the Bengals from getting a TD at the end despite a total of eight plays run inside the 10 yard line. That kind of experience can be useful later on.
 
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The only thing troubling me is how badly the right side of the o-line is playing. Rob is clearly being targeted for his inability to stop speed. Blythe continues to mess things up on his end with probably 2 blocks I noticed during the game. One on passing where he allowed pressure causing an incompletion and another on a run block where his man simply tossed him aside to make the play on Gurley for no gain. Neither one of these two deserves to be starting especially coming into the second half of the schedule that will make or break their season against 4 good defensive teams. The Rams need to run the table and they won't with these two on the right side.

Edwards allowed one defender to get away from him on a pass play but otherwise he's stablized the left side.

I like how Kromer has changed the blocking scheme and IMO Henderson is reading it better than Gurley who still looks unsure how to attack it and still keeps looking to bounce it outside. Once he understands where to look for the gaps in the inside zone and gap blocking schemes he will be better.
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Losing Saffold (in my mind) revealed Havenstein’s flaws. With Roger next to him, Havenstein could cheat to the right a bit more to slow outside pass rushers. Not anymore. Obviously RG play has been pretty bad lately. I say fix the Right Guard position and we help not only Havenstein but also Center.
 
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Losing Saffold (in my mind) revealed Havenstein’s flaws. With Roger next to him, Havenstein could cheat to the right a bit more to slow outside pass rushers. Not anymore. Obviously RG play has been pretty bad lately. I say fix the Right Guard position and we help not only Havenstein but also Center.
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Saffold was LG and played next to Whit not Hav
 
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yrba1 said:
Good news is that McVay has a bye week to work out some kinks in the playbook. I'm hoping he understands the value of a dink and dunk passing; he's too dependent on chunk yards in the passing game and an effective run game for short yardages gains.
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Football strategy is so much more complicated than what a lot of armchair play callers make it. It's not about "hey lets throw long passes" or "hey lets throw some more short passes."

It's about what type of structures the defense is playing, match ups, and a million other things.

Not trying to be a dick.. but the questioning of McVay's play calling is amusing to me.
 
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