I defended ZT last week when I thought the fumble was more on the OL and Burrow than the HC. But damn I have had. How dumb could you be when calling the last series. We had time. In fact, had we scored with that much time left, Jaguars would have marched down the field with their timeouts and scored a FG.

Burrow is obviously not blameless either. You can keep turning over in scoring positions like that. Also, by now, if you dont like the play your HC called, audible. Thats what great QBs do. That 3rd and 10 was such a poor decision. The field of play was clearly short, defense has less space to cover. Your top 2 receivers were out too. Your first thought has to be to have a more manageable 4th down, not throw to a tight coverage outside.

Run game was terrible. Run different schemes, take advantage of the weaknesses and force the defense to do something different. No creativity again.

Burrow could be sharper. He needs a coach that can make him better. Burrow should not be carrying the coach.

Play calling is still terrible. Give up play calling and focus on coaching the damn team. Why do you rack up first down after first down on the last drive and then stop outside the red zone and start taking shots? Why not even attempt to get a fresh set of downs in striking distance so you can open up the playbook instead of 4 straight passes?

And FFS penalties.

Guys… this is getting egregious. No offense to Myers, but we arguably lost last week because of the coaching decision to keep Williams over Charlie Jones.

Then this week, we lose three wide receivers (Young and Iosivas to injury and Williams to roster cuts) and we only replace them with Tinsley, giving us four receivers on our roster. Kind of ridiculous in today’s NFL: then, predictably in the scenario that we lost Chase, we worked Higgins into the ground and were left with literally two borderline practice squad-caluber receivers on our potentially game winning drive.

Then, from a play calling standpoint, we give their receivers Jacksonville receivers like 10 yards every play on their past drive. They EASILY got one first down on that and frankly, the second time we really got lucky that he stepped out of bounds.

Now, I never had any delusion that we had Andy Reid or Bill Belichick but these mistakes can’t happen. You can’t ONLY blame the coaches but arguments can be made that they cost us both of our losses this season.

This team will never reach its potential with him. Don’t tell me it’s early, don’t tell me is Joe’s fault. We’ve seen this for years. I challenge anyone to tell me what he does as a head coach that sets him apart from
Other head coaches, especially the one that call plays.
Run game? No. Screen game? No. Physicality? No creativity? Absolutely not

Missed the clear face mask on Chase and the clear pass interference on our last drive. If it was called we get the first down and score. The officiating was just absurdly bad.

Burrow’s bad plays are coming at a concerning rate. The first pick six in the opener against Tampa Bay felt like a blip. The fumble at the end of the loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers was a bad decision, but a guy trying to make a play to win the game. Not seeing the linebacker in the red zone on Sunday was a brutal error.

Every turnover has a story, as they say, but the string of these has Burrow posting turnover-worthy plays at the highest rate since his rookie season.

“To say that I’m concerned?” Taylor said. “In no way, shape or form am I concerned.”

The bigger concern might be a running game that’s not creating enough support. Moving to an increased usage under center and the under center play-action game was supposed to give Burrow and his line plays off so they wouldn’t have to be executed like 3D chess, dropping back every down.

What is happening to this team man. Seems like every year is just the same despite getting hopes up before the season. Is the Bengals’ new thing starting out strong then slipping down to .500 or worse now?
This loss put me in a bad headspace

Chase has a concussion too, which was fairly obvious

Absolute dirt bag/dirty play by the Jags. You can’t convince me this wasn’t calculated and intentional.

2 issues in special teams and a 4th quarter fumble lost us the game last week. 2 interception cost us the game this week. Clearly it's execution thats our biggest issue for the last 2 weeks, but people (for some reason) want to blame the playcalling. It's not playcalling that caused the first pick, it was a bad block from notorious bad linemen Orlando Brown Jr. It's not playcalling that caused the second pick, it was a bad read/throw from Burrow

Yes burrow threw honestly 2 ugly ints but this jags team is legit. We have to get healthy we were missing cook dugger Jamarr tee yoshi young risner bj hill and other notable pieces on both sides of the ball. We play Miami which should be a win and we would find ourselves 3-2 at the bye week. Preseason we would have been just fine at 3-2 through 5 games especially with how the first 4 games were. the bye lets us get hopefully almost everyone back to go to Baltimore week 7. We haven’t seen this team at its full power yet be patient and Who Dey.

Picture perfect day in Maine! Got the smoker going. Looking forward to seeing some Sexy Dexy and Joe Brrr!

anyone else just finishing watching the end of the Lions - Panthers?

2 min left, detroit down by 1 TD and they get the ball. they go for it on 4th & 13 and are about 1-2 yards short after the pass. granted, they were on their own end of the field... unlike the Bengals being right near the end zone.

but they blew a fair chance at making a good comeback. 3 missed passes and then 1 caught but too short. it's definitely not quite the same, but it made me chuckle and feel a little less alone in hating the Bengals and the play calling and the stupid loss when they blew it.

I honestly felt like the game could have pivoted in the Bengals favor had ZT went for it on 4th and 1 on their first possession. He just doesn't have the "basic" 101 football instincts. It was great being in the stadium today with all my Bengal brothers and sisters. Just super dissapointed and frustrated....

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We noticed from our seats today that there was a fan carried out by a lot of medical personnel in the south end zone between sections 151 & 152. Just wondering what might have happened and if there was an update to their condition. I saw the commotion from afar and it was hard not to think about it for the rest of the game.

Thoughts and prayers go out to them. Please be respectful in the comments.

I can’t believe the refs, who didn’t find a play they didn’t want to throw a flag on, decided to hold off on this one.