Ties are unsettling, but our offense was great and it's starts upfront

[davos]

Seriously...as bad as Bell and Chandler have played this year, this was probably one of the best efforts of their careers.  

 

Also, the interior when Velasco moved to LG to replace Amini excelled.  Velasco is nice to have and Turner has been steadily improving.  Still have a ways to go with run blocking but today was easily their best performance of the year.  This Cinci defense is no slouch.  

 

Cam was able to be Cam today and it was a delight to watch.  I gotta give the offense its due.  

 

Cheers to the big uglies.  

 

 

[Guild]

The OL was still not very good.  The offense did well in spite of them not because of them.

[LinvilleGorge]

OL definitely improved when Amini went out.  Might be time to just admit he's a bust and move on.

[PantherDynasty]

The OL was still not very good. The offense did well in spite of them not because of them.

Cam had all day to throw the ball and we had 147 rushing yards. If our defense wasnt so pathetic, we win that game

[davos]

The OL was still not very good.  The offense did well in spite of them not because of them.

 

Cam had a TON of time during the game today.  Like I said the run blocking is still poor but they did what they had to do from the pass blocking side of things.  Velasco is soilid to have.  Nothing special but solid and given our situation, he has helped this OL out.  

[hepcat]

OL definitely improved when Amini went out.  Might be time to just admit he's a bust and move on.

 

Velasco has more experience and Amini is coming off an ACL tear.  Wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't 100%.  I'd agree benching him might be a good idea though...at least to get him healthy or to get his head in the game.

[Udogg]

OL definitely improved when Amini went out.  Might be time to just admit he's a bust and move on.

 

This.  Same thing happened last year.  He is bad is pass protection and is not getting better. 

[Fox007]

Cam is healthy that's really the difference...well Cam is mostly healthy I should say.

[Guild]

Cam had a TON of time during the game today.  Like I said the run blocking is still poor but they did what they had to do from the pass blocking side of things.  Velasco is soilid to have.  Nothing special but solid and given our situation, he has helped this OL out.  

 

I agree pass blocking was decent.  Blitz pickup has improved but still isn't good.

 

Run blocking is terrible.

[Guild]

Cam had all day to throw the ball and we had 147 rushing yards. If our defense wasnt so pathetic, we win that game

 

Defense are the biggest losers for sure.  147 rushing yards is misleading as Cam was picking them up by running away from our line that can't block for ten yard gains.

[LinvilleGorge]

Cam had all day to throw the ball and we had 147 rushing yards. If our defense wasnt so pathetic, we win that game

 

This.  We lost this game on defense and special teams.  When you score 37 points and you're supposed to be a defensive oriented team, you should win the game every single time.

[Salvo]

I agree pass blocking was decent.  Blitz pickup has improved but still isn't good.

 

Run blocking is terrible.

 

Can't polish a turd.

 

All things considered, they played pretty well. Especially against a defense supposedly better than the Steelers and Ravens. And on the road...

[Norway]

IMO this was the best called game so far this season by Shula. Still not good enough, and want him to get more creative, but at least he wasn't calling rund plays just to call them. Afraid it will get back to more running plays when deangelo and stewart comes back

[Guild]

Can't polish a turd.

 

All things considered, they played pretty well. Especially against a defense supposedly better than the Steelers and Ravens. And on the road...

 

That was on Mythbusters.  Turns out you can polish a turd.  It will even have very impressive luster.