Can Cincinnati Bengals Make Changes Necessary to Make Playoff Run?

[@jasonscott4684]

team lacks an edge, no toughness - think about how many late hits or blows to the head Joe has taken. Noone ever comes to his defense...unbelievable!!!

[@Muzzlecrowe-li9kt]

This is what I’ve been screaming!

[@justchillin4065]

Amen ! Finally someone notices this nonsense.

[@truckinpoppop6777]

Truth

[@metsrus]

I think Joe will opt out of the league in a couple of seasons. He almost lost a leg 4 years ago and had a serious hand injury last season. if he decides to tough it out with a long career, all his body parts will be operated on and he will feel like a 70 year old man when he's through.

[@OldSchoolMinded]

Facts. Culture is dead. Just peep Mixons recent interview. He calls it out.

[@TaylorPort]

Let’s jus roll it up, and look forward to the offseason

[@heathswinson3858]

Yep lose out and lock in a top 8 pick. We'll get an extra 3rd round pick for losing tee.

[@lawrencepennington7396]

Your rights ON THAT'S my friend SEASON OVER PERIOD😭

[@Jake_Conley]

In the Premier league and European football the coaches and front office have to do a fan forum where fans can ask them questions in a small controlled setting. NFL needs to incorporate this. Especially for Duke and the Brown family. It’s not fair we just act as Katie and Mike’s personal checking account. They need to answer for their never ending short comings. Because in my opinion the Cincy media does not push them at all when they have access to the front office and ownership.

[@bengalselite9588]

Agreed .. the reporters are scared to ask the REAL QUESTIONS!!!

[@lawful_laughter]

@@Jake_Conley they would just act like you don't understand & would never talk about the money they make off all the gambling and royalties from the networks and the fact that everything's tax-funded. But they don't have enough they got to cut corners and get guys on the sneaky cheap tip. 🤥

[@OldSchoolMinded]

​@bengalselite9588 yup. Trags is the only reporter who ever asks somewhat hard questions. Every other reporter we have is soft, scared, never ask anything worth a damn.

[@artcproduction]

Hey but Mike Brown doing his thing riding around in his golf cart. Fantastic Owner imo 😉

[@KenEvans-u3m]

Zack Taylor just said on channel 9 now games matter, I guess the first games of the year don’t matter

[@PurcellGaines-z5i]

The Bengals be 10 7

[@DarkDefender1024]

Somehow I doubt this is the quote.

[@lawful_laughter]

Yeah like he doesn't act that way at the beginning and emphasize the importance of getting out to a good start its just, oh well. There's a lot of games to play you know so (deep breath) we're going to be just fine don't worry. 😆 Every one of the fans know all their draft picks are drastic reaches but we're all just a bunch of dumb homers.

[@lawrencepennington7396]

@@KenEvans-u3m TOLD THE TRUTH THER MY FRIEND ALL games MATTER PERIOD!😳

[@alainagehrig2736]

All they had to do was add a edge rusher, about week six, and that would have solved most of the problems on defense! You can’t let the opponent have 5,6,7 seconds, or more on passing downs ! We have no pressure! But as usual, the owners took the cheapest route and made poor Burrow play his guts out! It’s a wonder he’s not injured! They refused to address the poor, poor interior offensive line. And yet he’s having a MVP season! How messed up is this team????????????

[@lawful_laughter]

They drafted a edge rusher and they don't even play him. 🤷 Is he that bad? I guess so. Chalk up another wasted draft choice. Figuring out who the best players really isn't even that hard. They know how to pick exactly the wrong players. At this point its obviously meant to be a clown show. Joe Burrow and Jamar chase are going to be the ring leaders. 🤡🎪

[@natej84]

But that would cost Duke Tobin one of his precious draft picks aka lotto tickets

[@josephschmidt2183]

This team is not a playoff caliber squad. Burrow and Ja’Marr are fabulous but that’s all there is.

[@natej84]

Playoff are gone. The two teams we need to catch have 7 wins already and we've got 4. That's a rap man

[@metsrus]

silver lining is maybe it will motivate the front office to make some coaching changes

[@OldSchoolMinded]

We're playing for draft position. Wins only hurt this teams future at this point. Get a top 8 pick and get a game changer. Take the season on the chin and come back stronger.

[@DovontaeJones]

No they are not at all because if miami lose and Denver lose and the colts lose and we win are next three games and three teams lose and we win are next three games now we are sitting at 8-7 and the colts lose they are sitting at 5-8 and miami sitting at 5-7 and then miami lose they are sitting at 5-8 bro

[@natej84]

@@DovontaeJones so if a dozen unlikely things happen than we make the playoffs. Yes we all know that it's still a possibility, but realistically it's not going to happen. The teams we are chasing have 7 wins already and we've got 4. The Bengals aren't gonna win 6 games straight, we can barely even win 2 straight

[@DovontaeJones]

@natej84 yes it is because it's going to happen because I got Cleveland beating the Denver and I got green blowing miami out and I got the colts losing to so I than seem it happen before bro

[@THEBENGALSBOOGY]

Did we watch the same press conference with zac. Doesnt seem to Eager for change. Butttt more hypotheticals it is.

[@matthewfiscus5919]

Start this win streak off by beating shittsburg!!! WHOO DEYY!! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽😊

[@johnkammer4754]

Amen to that!I hate the Stillers

[@lawful_laughter]

They're not creative enough with their blitzes and personnel schemes. They don't keep anybody guessing they mostly just trot the same guys out. They play a scaredy cat prevent defense all the time. It's weird they did the same thing under Marvin Lewis era. It's a Mike Brown way of playing at this point. I would like to see them start really bringing the house at times. If you do it one time and you get burnt oh well doesn't mean you can't blitz every once in awhile. If you can't be effective at that it's more proof the Bengals do not care whatsoever about winning it's all about profits.

[@DovontaeJones]

No we are not playing for next year at all we are still going to get in at 10-7

[@natej84]

The chargers and Broncos are great examples of what good coaching can do for a team. The Bengals haven't been prepared for the start of a single season with Zac at the helm. Every single year they've got to pull themselves out of a hole bc of how bad they start the season. Teams with a top 3 QB do not miss the playoffs, it's something that very rarely happens. Idk if we'll ever get a elite HC to go with Burrow but I'd like us to at least try and make that happen

[@stephenhill4353]

Only if they score every possession

[@Montrovantis]

No. The defense gave the ball back to burrow twice last week to win and he failed. They're losing almost every game by one score or less which means the opposing defenses are playing almost as bad, but the opposing offenses are just doing a little more than ours. This team has invested heavily in the offense. It is expected to carry the roster. It's failing without a defense to carry them.

[@bryanlegarretta3404]

James is talking about winning out hahaha this team is 4-7 and hasn’t even beat a team with a winning record. Keep dreaming

[@dukepeoples3461]

It's about over for the season catching Denver very doubtful we do but this off season 1 get a solid guard hopefully from KC or the one from the jets.2 get a DT the one from Miami and a de the 1 from NY Giants. 3 draft a guard 1st round dtor de 2nd

[@strandeddeep8745]

Is that how you comeback from 27-6? Not having an edge. Nah it’s just removing bates and reader and the replacements being horrible.

[@richardarmstead2503]

Play Maema on 1st and second down.He will make a tackle on Defense.You see All Pratt dies is try to strip the ball instead of Tackling.Also play Murphy more.Play safety Anderson.Rankins is a bust.Play the new center Lee.And switch Ford to guard.Veterans are not producing on Defense..Zak run some miss direction run plays or more screen plays.You gotta shake it up.Coach you are losing.

[@PurcellGaines-z5i]

Who dey

[@deverydeshaune3921]

Have we even won two games straight?

[@CadenIsCaden]

Giants and Browns. Yeah, that's it.

[@richardarmstead2503]

How can you justify paying Burrow all that money and let the whole Defensive backfield go that played on Super Bowl team.Front office 3 bad drafts in a row.You dont pay Mixon and Boyd and Reader.Thats why you losing.You know Pittsburgh is gonna run on this Defense .No playoff.be real thisnteam is.Bad. you cant beat a team with a winning record.

[@bigtime8924]

Pittsburgh is gonna smack us in the mouth with the run game which will open up the play-action down the field shots. They’ll play very physical and do everything they can to get pressure on Burrow and get turnovers. The Bengals are soft and don’t play well in these situations. I have no clue how the Bengals are favored.

[@bengalselite9588]

I don’t either I wanna put a 1k on Pittsburg +3.5 just cuz I know if the bengals pull a miracle out their ass they won’t win by more than a FG

[@DovontaeJones]

Pittsburgh just got beat by Cleveland so it's any giving Sunday bro

[@DovontaeJones]

O James be quite bro we are getting in at 10-7 bro watch and see this bro

[@DovontaeJones]

Cleveland is going to beat Pittsburgh of again for the second straight time

[@jeffward-0021]

I don't think so. I think we'll win most of the game, then they'll come back and beat us. With or without the referee's help. Haven't you watched all the other games against good teams we played this year

[@Charles-c1h]

WHO DEY!

[@bryantjohnson5139]

Can’t wait until this season is over with 😤💯

[@JLock1987]

Editor Note: You cannot make bad players good. The defense is entirely made up of bad players outside of a couple guys. Football is not witchcraft, you cannot cast magic spells.

[@tomshade3064]

We are in playoff mode. We have to win each game to have a chance to make it.

[@getbrainseeds]

hope we do better with free agents and draft picks the next few years that burrow contract and soon chase contract will take away big money to build a team

[@bj3000ify]

😢😢 So glad I didnt purchase Sunday ticket this year. We need to nail the upcoming draft.

[@deverydeshaune3921]

We always lose in prime time.

[@williamkleimanjr]

Someone told me the players are taking a stand and doing poorly intentionally, to show teams and owners that football is a team sport and without the rest of the team it doesn’t matter how good and how much you pay the QB is.

[@metsrus]

really? hope those players get cut during the off season then.

[@kylelay6858]

We stink!

[@brotherbrother2874]

Tough game I think coming up.. hopefully the player's show up to play.. but hey I'm just a fan .....Who dey

[@powerradio8217]

Other than firing Lou, Zac & Simmons, play Burton more, and go no huddle, to dictate to teams going forward, that Burrow and the White Tigers will not stay down for any Opponents

[@fishmank27]

Remember how bad we were tho under Marvin in Primetime?! So bad…like a different team showed. Same in playoffs

[@lobelia3544]

What's the path to the number 1 pick in the draft? Because, I hate to say it, that's the only way that the Bengals have a chance to return to the super bowl..

[@jeffward-0021]

There is nothing they can do to make the playoffs this season. It's done, over. Hopefully, which I doubt, they can pull their heads out of their asses during the off season. That's you Mike Brown!! That's why I seriously doubt it

[@bryanlegarretta3404]

This team still hasn’t beat a team with a winning record this year lol

[@Axxis270]

"Can Cincinnati Bengals Make Changes Necessary to Make Playoff Run?"-- NO

[@Montrovantis]

No. They cannot. Nor should they. Every win just hurts this team long term. If they make the playoffs that means we have to deal with Taylor's crap another year. It means the front office won't make necessary changes. It means we deal with more Pollack and it's business as usual. Losing out probably doesn't change much of this, but it takes away the safety blanket the front office is relying on to hoodwink the fans. Winning also means you lose tremendous amount of draft value and you are going into the 2025-26 campaign with A LOT of holes and the Bengals have drafted horribly at the end of round. They have squandered many drafts.

[@lawful_laughter]

@Montrovantis so they can get another Chris Perry 2025 version or some other highly ignorant pick? Cuz we definitely know for sure that's what they're going to do.

[@Montrovantis]

@@lawful_laughter Or, maybe they can get the Joe Burrow or Chase of the DE pick because the only time they've had success in drafts is when they pick high. They certainly haven't got anything of value in the drafts where they picked mid or later. We got Murphy, Hill, CTB, DJ Turner, Zach Carter, and they blew the Carman pick too. Or, if they want to trade a top 5 pick for extra picks to waste they can do that too. They need to basically replace half of their starting roster this offseason. All of that aside, winning a few more games does absolutely nothing but harm the team in every conceivable way.

[@lawful_laughter]

@@Montrovantis and bring him into this system and drain him for the next 4-5 yrs like all the others until they eventually run screaming. You're probably right they would draft another defensive end. But the truth is they need to draft offensive lineman until they can't anymore. If they had a better offensive line it makes the d-line better too because if you can control the run game and the clock it keeps the defense off the field.

[@DovontaeJones]

We are winning Sunday 34-19 5-7

[@lawrencepennington7396]

Nati❤

[@leskachurek7206]

Only hope is losing remainder of games, while keeping Burrow healthy. No chance of meaningful future change, without bottoming-out.

[@JoeyEggleston-s3l]

Lol I think y'all know the answer to this question ❓😅 but I realize you need to make a show😅😅

[@joshuacampbell4008]

There is not a chance in hell. We went out with our front line letting burrow get pressured, the way that they have not to mention. He will be lucky to make it through the rest of the season healthy if he continues to take hits the way that he has our front offices. Let him down. Our front line has let him down again. You know, it's sad when your quarterback practices scramble drill and on the run throws. Because he knows his front line can't protect him.

[@DovontaeJones]

10-7 4-2 six in a row beat Pittsburgh

[@DovontaeJones]

7-7 three in a row beat Tennessee

[@DeamonteNicholson]

Woh day

[@metsrus]

Sorry players have checked out. Zac Taylor is thinking of ways to save his job.

[@DovontaeJones]

8-7 3-2 four in a row beat Cleveland

[@sainttrunks1982]

This Team better sign a starting CB before Sunday instead of stating a 5th round drafted Rookie against PITT like dummies

[@timwilburn-nf1hk]

They don't need to be in the playoffs... but anyways they can't beat Pittsburgh...so no playoffs

[@kylelay6858]

What’s going to be funny, is the way this season is going, they’ll get to 9-7 and then rip our heart out week 18 🤣

[@JLock1987]

Bengals fans and content creators: Week 3 - Must win can't start 0-3, Bengals lose Week 5 - Must win, can change entire season, Bengals lose Week 8 - Must win, need to make a run, need to beat a good team, Bengals lose Week 10 - MUST win, need to beat Ravens - Bengals lose Week 11 - Must win, can't drop Charger game, cuts playoff chance in half, Bengals lose Week 13 - Must win, need to win out, can't drop it .... everyone not delusional knows what happens here

[@DovontaeJones]

6-7 two in a row beat cowboys

[@KenEvans-u3m]

They don’t deserve to be in playoffs, Steelers are going to man handle them

[@alextrapp4049]

Apparently according to the team a ping pong table in the locker room is going to change there chances. This team is a joke lol

[@retiredn]

Seriously ? HELL NO < PLAYING FOR NEXT YEAR AGAIN !

[@rik4369]

Wish these Bengals Sports shows would stop asking these stupid questions. The season is over.

[@BigChill73]

Delusional to think team makes a push for a wildcard spot. They will be lucky to sniff the playoffs next year.

[@lemonadesauce227]

Let’s hog draft picks and use them for jack shit like we always do

[@glennf1383]

Sell the team if they can’t afford it and get rid of Zack and get top shelf motion head coach

[@philthekaijuking9368]

Can we quit talking about playoffs? You can't be serious. They've shown us who they are

[@FlixMaker64]

Jake, James, I love you guys but just tell the truth! This team is going nowhere as long as Zac Taylor is the coach!

[@sockfoot16]

No. The answer is no.

[@fgusto6164]

Myles Murphy is boo boo!!!! Straight bust!!!

[@Genofmd]

Crazy I think he just don't get enough reps Sam Hubbard has been terrible for a couple years now

[@bengalselite9588]

Murphy is coming off injury n hasn’t had enough snaps !! Coaching n development has been atrocious he shld have at least 5 sacks by now even w mid coaching he was a 1st rnd pick !!

[@fgusto6164]

@bengalselite9588 He boo bo!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@natej84]

Murphy has the best pass rush win rate behind Trey. Idk why Lou won't play him and keeps playing Hubbard on one damn leg

[@OldSchoolMinded]

He has good pass rush rate and doesn't get snaps because Lou values Hubbard still too much. You don't know ball.

[@kevinsearch6527]

You can't be seriously as a football, and talk about the Bengals making the playoffs. I realize their getting paid to gaslight the fan base. If you've watched more one game you know this team is a disaster. I would suggest tanking and get a top ten pick, but they would fuck that up too. I wish they would move, so i no longer have to show loyalty to the Brown family. They give zero fucks about Cincinnati.

[@johnathonlongtin2275]

That chance was at the trade deadline. Got rid of reader for rankins who we’re paying more than reader is getting paid. A secondary that is clueless. Terrible tackling, offensive line trouble like always with the same mediocre o line coach since the Marvin Lewis era. A very hit and miss run game etc. you can’t win by just telling burrow to air it out 40-50 times every game. Then again he’s so good that if our defense had half a ball our record would be flipped rn or better. What a joke of a season.

[@DovontaeJones]

9-7 five in a row beat broncos