Week 10 complaint department is open.

[zulater]

Hey just because we won doesn't mean there aren't some reasons to gripe.

Ok I'll start off with Troy. what the hell was he thinking on that first Bengal touchdown? Looked as if his head was in the clouds or something.

Sacks, not one sack today! Tell me that Woodley doesn't matter.

Offensive line wasn't great today, not even close.

Wallace and Heath with the dropsie's!!!! And not only does Heath's drop cost us a play, it also cost us a series and a field goal against. And then damn he gets that penalty (b.s. it was) that takes a touchdown off the board.

Oh well Heath did make a great catch to set up the second touchdown.

[tube517]

Ian Eagle is an assclown

[zulater]

Ian Eagle is an assclown

Leader in the clubhouse.

[polamalubeast]

Running game

[tube517]

We left 800 points on the field

[zulater]

Running game

I guess the Bengals defense deserves some of the credit there. One thing's for sure, I wont blame Mendenhall, he pretty much got what was there for the taking all game, and on a couple carries he made something out of nothing.

[zulater]

We left 800 points on the field

As long as it's one more than our opponent at the end I don't care.

[polamalubeast]

We left 800 points on the field

Arians are a moron

[fansince'76]

Still need to get better in the redzone. If we could shore the redzone offense up, this team would be damn near unstoppable.

[zulater]

Still need to get better in the redzone. If we could shore the redzone offense up, this team would be damn near unstoppable.

Remember the refs screwed us out of one touchdown. If not for that we're 4-4 with touchdowns today in the redzone.

[Psycho Ward 86]

Deep ball in 35 mph winds? Just no, the small ball on the 1st two drives worked great, and we went away from that for some reason.

[86WARD]

Finish teams on offense.

[Moose]

You pretty well hit the nail on the head Zulater

[GodfatherofSoul]

We're leaning too much on the passing game. It's stalling drives and getting Ben hammered.

[zulater]

Heath Miller cost Ben about 20 points on his passer rating for the game today. He turned an easy completion into an interception, and took away a touchdown pass on an offensive interference penatly that in no way aided the play.

Oh well we won, and Heath has bailed Ben out a ton of times in the past. I'm sure he'll make it up in the next few games.

By the way since this is the complaint department, I have a complaint against my fellow SU posters here. How is it that I'm the only one that found Big Ben's performance to be game ball worthy today? I think he was 6 for 6 passing on 3rd downs today. Not his fault that the line didn't give him time to convert the rest of our 3rd downs.

[X-Terminator]

The fact that we have a couple of people complaining about not being more aggressive with the pass, and another one complaining about passing too much. Which means no matter what, Arians gets blamed. I wouldn't want his job for all the coffee at the bottom of Boston Harbor. There's my complaint for the week.

[Devilsdancefloor]

letting them back into the game when we had out foot on their throats

[steel striker]

We won that's all that matter and, it is big win. Yes we should have by alot more but, i'll take the W. Plus Ben just missed on another 95 yard td to Wallace so, time to get healthy with the bye. Hey the sea hags helped the cause today as well.

[ALLD]

Ben still holding onto the ball and getting killed. He needs to take the first read for short yards or throw it away in order to preserve the integrity of the OL. Their D just has to rush up the middle and our pocket collapses because Ben is trying to paint a picture of the ball. Sometimes it is best to take what they give you.

Hopefully, Miller will bounce back and this was one of those "off" games. Wallace seemed to also lack concentration with his critical drop. Cotchery also broke off his route and missed a RZ TD. Play to the whistle and maintain focus.

It looks like we could have put the game away early, but let off the throttle. It was at best a 90% effort. Woodley is missed.

We did get TWO interceptions???

[XxKnightxX]

Cant complain about the Pass Rush. Worilds Timmons and Harrison were getting back there, but Dalton was going Flacco and getting rid of the ball quickly and that Bengals O line has mammoths. Whitworth is one of the most underrated LTs in the league, even in the Carson Palmer days he didnt allow anything to get on his side, and Andre Carter is actually becoming a good lineman.

My only complaint and its a real concern is how we somehow become a 15 play offensive unit. Seriously Idk what goes on in the gamplan but the first series we do were marching up and down the field and after 15 to 25 plays, Its as if we run out of ideas and just start playing schoolyard ball or just get paranoid and dont want to run the same play. LOVED the no huddle in the second half. But thats about it.

[7willBheaven]

Cant complain about the Pass Rush. Worilds Timmons and Harrison were getting back there, but Dalton was going Flacco and getting rid of the ball quickly and that Bengals O line has mammoths. Whitworth is one of the most underrated LTs in the league, even in the Carson Palmer days he didnt allow anything to get on his side, and Andre Carter is actually becoming a good lineman.

My only complaint and its a real concern is how we somehow become a 15 play offensive unit. Seriously Idk what goes on in the gamplan but the first series we do were marching up and down the field and after 15 to 25 plays, Its as if we run out of ideas and just start playing schoolyard ball or just get paranoid and dont want to run the same play. LOVED the no huddle in the second half. But thats about it.

Agreed.

[zulater]

Didn't really look it up, but are the Bengals really good with their coverage units? Just wondering because Antonio Brown isn't getting much going on his kick and punt returns lately. I'm wondering if maybe the increased role he's been given in the offense has taken away something from his burst as a return man? Perhaps Sanders will split time with him on returns when he comes back off his scope?

[pepsyman1]

Agreed.

Ditto. I wish we would keep that short to medium pass game going. Mix it in with some solid rushing and the opportunities for the long passes will come. We couldn't get any sustained drives in the second half.

[zulater]

Ditto I wish we would keep that short to medium pass game going. Mix it in with some solid rushing and the opportunities for the long passes will come. We couldn't get any sustained drives in the second half.

Uh, what would you call the game winning touchdown drive then? 11 plays 81 yards, 9 yard touchdown run by Mendy, remember?

[pepsyman1]

Didn't really look it up, but are the Bengals really good with their coverage units? Just wondering because Antonio Brown isn't getting much going on his kick and punt returns lately. I'm wondering if maybe the increased role he's been given in the offense has taken away something from his burst as a return man? Perhaps Sanders will split time with him on returns when he comes back off his scope?

From what I heard from listening to the game on Sirius, the Bengals are supposed to be one the best coverage units in the league

[X-Terminator]

Uh, what would you call the game winning touchdown drive then?

Yeah, seems that is being overlooked in all of this hand-wringing over the conservative play in the 2nd half. There wasn't much conservative about that drive either.

[zulater]

Yeah, seems that is being overlooked in all of this hand-wringing over the conservative play in the 2nd half. There wasn't much conservative about that drive either.

I seem to remember a couple passes on the final drive where we ran out the clock too.

[X-Terminator]

I seem to remember a couple passes on the final drive where we ran out the clock too.

Yep, and both went for first downs too. Nothing conservative there either.

[zulater]

A couple critical drops played a big part in the Steelers second half struggles too. Damn that Arains, why does he keep coaching that?!



this is fun.

[tube517]

From what I heard from listening to the game on Sirius, the Bengals are supposed to be one the best coverage units in the league

They were in Cash Money's face after each punt.