But I’m disappointed in him because of the integrity of this game.
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Yates’ statistics weren’t impressive, completing 5 of 11 passes for 69 yards and one touchdown and no interceptions for a 96.4 passer rating. “It’s the way that things go”.
NOTES: O’Brien expects outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney to return this week after he sat out on Monday night with a lower back injury. It was Green’s first catch since the first quarter. (And if that’s the case, someone please sit Dalton down in front of a TV for one of the dozens of times the movie will play on TV.) Here’s what he said when asked about Watt’s joke after the game. “Losing is never good, but maybe this will help us refocus”. After last year’s disappointing end to the season, most fans would take an 8-1 record in a heartbeat over 5-3-1 which was their record after losing in Week 10 in 2014. Cornerback Charles James played 71 percent of the Texans’ defensive snaps, mostly at nickel, and nose tackle Christian Covington got 31 percent of the Texans’ defensive snaps and sacked Dalton once. One game after Mohamed Sanu scored a 30-yard touchdown on a reverse, Marvin Jones got dropped for an 8-yard loss on the play.
Field goals were the only thing on the menu in the first half: Mike Nugent nailed a 42-yarder in the first quarter, while Nick Novak tied the score in the second.
I had thought this Bengals’ team was different and that they wouldn’t let the big stage get to them, however, it seems as if Andy Dalton is as Andy Dalton as ever and that the Bengals still suffer the same problems they have in the past seasons.
-LB Vontaze Burfict was active for Monday’s game after being limited in practice after reinjuring his left knee, which had him on reserve/physically unable to perform begin the season.
Dalton was fairly ineffective in the Bengals’ first loss of the season, throwing for just 197 yards and failing to lead the offense to the endzone. He heard it from the crowd, too. We used to be a country of real men who could dish it out and take it. Hearty souls who tamed a wildnerness, ran railroad tracks across a continent and became a superpower from sea to shining sea while breaking each other’s balls every inch of the way. There were a couple boos out there, which is fine. Dalton then hit Eifert for six yards.
The Texans are 2-0 against the Bengals in the playoffs, winning wild-card round games in 2011 and 2012. Cincinnati was penalized nine times for 70 yards. It was the third consecutive game in which the pass defense did not give up a gain longer than 29 yards. He gained only 15 yards on seven carries Monday night.
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-COACHING: D. Whatever adjustments that were made at halftime by the Bengals coaching staff did little to find a rhythm for the offense.
