quick thoughts on the bengals

[omahacolt]

1) there will be many more thoughts to come this week. i was a bit excited to watch luck back and didn't really get into the details.

2) this is what coaching looks like. this is the exact offense luck needs to run. smart and quick passes. using the rbs in the pass game as an extention of the run game. very efficient with a high completion percentage. putting the team in 3rd and manageable positions.

3) holy fuck did we see a slant pass? multiple slant passes? holy shit we have a real coach. night and day different than what the shit we saw with pagano and company. pagano was by far the worst coach that has ever coached the colts. fuck dam and anyone that argues otherwise. you could just see it today. oh wait we didn't just kneel on the ball at half? we got points? shocking that we can do that

4) this defense is trash. everyone needs to realize this. no matter what pff says (shrek) sheard sucks. he isn't good. al woods is our best dlineman and he is just ok. i find it hilarious people wanted him cut during preseason. probably morons that read pff. pff is so fucking wrong so fucking much and people just ignore that. this defense has no talent.

5) desir is better than wilson. especially wilson with a club. fix this

6) nelson is a guard. his impact is very minimal. he is also a lg. which makes his impact even more minimal. good player. bad value at 6 overall. i watched him and kelly a lot and they struggled early and settled down from what i gathered with a first watch. will follow up with more detail.

7) webb and haeg held their own to a degree. they werent great but no team can look good with 2 ot's down. this is about as good as you can expect. i credit them for the effort. no matter how bad they sucked.

8) moore sucks but the dude isn't scared to stick his face in there. i like his toughness. that said, how the fuck did he not score a td on that pick? what the fuck was he doing?

9) i was very surprised to see grant play such a huge role. the dude is a terrible #2 but he played the role today. for the most part. that back shoulder throw should have never happened

10) i liked the rookie rbs. not game breakers but contributors. i will take that.

11) turay has some good get off but we have no rush. this will only look worse.

12) the defense had some stupid penalties. some ridiculous penalties that the refs called but that happens. main point is ballard put together a shit defense.

13) that said it is fun to watch the young guys fly around. i thought leonard was picked too early and i still think he was but he looks to be awesome. looks to be a great pick. smith not so much. lewis looks like a shit pick. turay has a good get off but didn't do much

14) would have liked to have seen more crossing routes to hilton but that is nit picking.

15) the arrow is up with this coaching staff. not sure defensively but this offense is in good hands. the 2 minute drill before half was great. we actually looked like an nfl team.

16) there will be more to come. i want to watch the game a few more times and will be adding comments here