Packnic said:
Carson Palmer is a heisman winning QB, and one of the leagues top 5 QBs
he is somebody and he showed that monday night.....
Dont you guys remember the Oakland game, bretts 5 td's, its just one of them days. everything goes wrong, the other team has everything going for them... they are playing for something (bretts dad, Carsons knee) the home crowd was hyped for their heros return. i mean we looked terrible, but we had a bad opening and things just went downhill.... this time... we were the raiders.
im not writing it off as just a preseason game who cares... we got some things to fix for sure... but i dont think it was as bad as it seemed. it was just one of them days.
Bad days seem to be very frequent with the team lately. The truth is the lack of Talent on this team is glaring. The Bengals were faster, tougher, and more athletic than us. It was obvious. The lack of playmaking on this team stuck out like a sore thumb.
We never get a good pass rush, our blitzes don't work, the coverage was just pathetic by the corners, except Harris, the LB's were constantly out of position and could not cover anyone in pass coverage, The Safties were slow and late every on everyplay, it was a disaster.
The Offense wasn't any better. Running behind Spitz seems impossible, Wells didn't look good,Clifton struggled, the WR's look like high school guys, Jennings couldn't catch a cold, Martin dropped a gimme, Fergie stunk it up, Favre had pressure constantly, it was ineffective.
To me one of the biggest problems was Favre looked very uncomforatable in the pocket. He had really happy feet because he knew if he didn't throw it he was going to get nailed.
We were completely outcoached, the onside kick with 45 seconds left in the first half was boneheaded. McCarthy looked like he just got ran over by a freight train. This team has a long way to go