NorthHawk wrote:All that was needed was a first down late in the 4th quarter.
That wouldn't have left enough time for Cincinnati to tie it up.
The OL played better than last week for most of the game, but the Offense didn't have enough when it counted.
Hawk Sista wrote:Team Loss. Coaches included. I don't know how one can excuse the D allowing 419 yards, committing stupid key penalties, and giving up 17 points in the effin 4th quarter; it's unacceptable. Yes, the coaching and play calling sucked, yes, the lack of Jimmy (it's too early to say Evan Mathis and a 1st round o-lineman would have been preferred - but I feel that way) but this was a team loss all the way around. Top 5 defenses DON'T FIVE UP 17 points in the 4th quarter. No matter what.
NorthHawk wrote:All that was needed was a first down late in the 4th quarter.
That wouldn't have left enough time for Cincinnati to tie it up.
The OL played better than last week for most of the game, but the Offense didn't have enough when it counted.
depaashaas wrote:
Couldn't agree with you more, you are saying what I was saying. Even more crazy, if offense get'ts two I mean two first downs in latter part of 4th quarter the bengals may not even have enough time to score that last td either and Hawks go home with 10 point win.
Anthony wrote:
We lost first because of a change in philosophy once we got a lead. We went prevent on defense and offense and that was stupid and that is all on coaching, period.
Hawktawk wrote:Any loss is ultimately on everybody but I am going to blame our offense a little more than most in here. This wasn't chopped liver the LOB was lining up against. Seattle was playing a loaded offensive machine that was scoring on everyone. Our D spent an extra 10 minutes on the field because we could get a couple of damn first downs and close the deal. The pick by Wilson cost us at least 3 on a force to Graham. Dropped balls, Russ.....I dont know I have to go watch the film again. Could someone smart please tell us what was going on?Since RW got here in 2012 and this defense coalesced the Hawks have been about late game magic.Starting with SB 49 there hasnt been much magic lately . This team is dangerously close to irrelevance right now. Another must win coming up next Sunday but even at 3-3 they wouldn't be a shell of the team last year at that mark.
I need to get back to my family and the new puppy I brought home today ... because of them, this is really a pretty awesome day.
NorthHawk wrote:It seems to me the Bengals made some half time adjustments on Defense to stop what was successful for us in the first half.
Our play calling didn't adjust to their adjustments and we were pretty much stopped cold in the 4th Quarter.
I think the OL took a big step today. They opened up some good holes which they hadn't done much of in the previous games and with a few exceptions the pass protection didn't look like a jail break like it did at times against the Lions. The 4th quarter was a disappointment, though.
It was a team effort in the 2nd half to lose it. I have to say I'm about over Darrell Bevell.
kalibane wrote:I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt for a very long time partly because that's just my nature when I don't have prior knowledge of a player or coach and partly because I have seen some weeks in the past where Bevell really did call a brilliant game. I started to get off the bus last year when it seemed like the only way he could figure out to get Harvin the ball was on a fly sweep. The last play of the Super Bowl put me on Defcon 2 for how ridiculous the combination of the play call and personnel package was. Now the inability to figure out how to use Jimmy Graham just tears it for me. It doesn't take a lot of creativity to get a TE involved in an offense if you have a talented one. And it has nothing to do with unrealistic expectations based on what he did in New Orleans. No one expects him to have the same production he had in NO. I do expect him to be more productive than Zach Miller.
It's also why it makes me laugh that some people are acting like this offensive line thing is coming out of left field. The issues on the offensive line have been simmering for 3 seasons now. The idea that we're supposed to have faith that it's going to all of a sudden reverse course after three seasons of steady decline and practically zero talent investment is kind of naïve. How long are people supposed to be patient? I've given it 3 seasons since it first got on my radar. Enough is a enough...
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