The rush defense is horrid, and the pass defense is just as bad. But it’s the number of outstanding contributors that’s making this unit special.
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Well there is one more scenario. It’s been year, after year, after year of just depressing seasons.
In five of the past six games, Cincinnati has held opponents to 10 points or less. Davis, the 24th quarterback to start for the Browns since 1999, didn’t do anything to lose his job, but not enough to hang on to it either.
Boyle has 18 catches for 153 yards in 11 games this season.
The Bengals’ defensive line is on a tear right now. Four games is a quarter of a season. In fact, they are onto their third starting quarterback of this season, and their fifth since 2014. “I just have to continue to do what I’m doing”. “He showed significant progress”. It is only four games, the team is well out of the playoff picture. This win also gives the Bengals an opportunity to clinch the division next week as a win against the Steelers is all it takes to get their second divisional crown in the last three years.
Even part of Keenum’s injury could be placed on Fisher, as he willfully or unwillfully ignored an obvious head injury to his quarterback, and sent him back into the game without missing a play. I was not a Johnny Manziel fan when he was flashing the “Money” signs during his time at Texas A&M and I would be a liar if I said I was rooting for him to succeed in the NFL. I still don’t quite get the Vikings win, but the other three wins make some semblance of sense.
What happened on Sunday left the Bengals thinking even more big-picture. Williams was supposed to get help from a safety on the touchdown but help did not arrive. Several hours later Pettine said he hadn’t decided, had a meeting scheduled for Monday night and would likely announce the decision today. “Josh played really good, Troy played really good”. “We all want what is best for the Cleveland Browns”. This is from one of the most sought after head coaching candidates after he was let go from Tennessee after the 2010 season, as the franchise had become stale. “We have to be playing well around our quarterback. I was proud of that”. I can relate to Paul Dawson.
“We don’t like them”.
The Browns face San Fransisco 49ers on Sunday at home.
“Our goal was to keep them out of field-goal range”, Burfict said. “The ball skipped out of his hands – the fact he rallied from that, on the road in that environment – I’ve seen where things have gone bad early and guys go in the tank and they get that glazed look in their eye”. It’s a little harder when teams are running a hurry-up. There’s more than just the AFC North title at their fingertips.
“At this point, I’m not prepared to name a starting quarterback for Sunday yet”. Draft order aside, this is a game this 49ers team should win.
“We’re not going to wait until Wednesday. It was great to go out here and take care of business”.
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Following the game, Pettine’s office door remained closed long after the players had left.
