Bengals v Ravens Game Thread

[Bengals1]

Final:
Bengals 35
Ratbirds 13

Joe Burrow 2nd half:
Second half: four drives, four TDs.

Burrow 2H: 14 of 16, 225 yards, 3 TDs, 158.3 rating

[orange_black]

I'm so conflicted. Not sure I have ever been that disappointed with a win. And I even got the blowout that I am always screaming for. But that first half simply cannot happen.

Exactly

[Bengals1]

Paul Dehner Jr. @pauldehnerjr
The excitement from the locker room can be heard through the press conference room walls as you might imagine.

“That’s who we are!!

[MeatHeadbengal]

I'm so conflicted. Not sure I have ever been that disappointed with a win. And I even got the blowout that I am always screaming for. But that first half simply cannot happen.

I felt that way after the first half, then realized with 7 minutes in the 4th, that we only needed a quarter and a half to beat the Ravens.

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Just reading this thread. You guys are real Debbie downers. I watched the game with my son so didn't post and entire first half I was positive and kept saying wait until 2nd half the Bengals are going to outscore them by 28+ points.

WTH did we just watch. Never seen two halves like that. Just imagine being a Raven's fan after laying that egg of a 2nd half. Their coach is an idiot for not taking the FG to take lead on that 4th and 2. That is a play call we would expect Zac to make.

[skycruiser]

Any chance we make a mid season trade for a head coach??

He’s ours forever now

[skycruiser]

I have no words. There isn’t a category for what we saw today.

I dare to say…this is a turning point in the season. With a bunch of scrub teams coming up, burrow is about to go on a heater

[MeatHeadbengal]

Just reading this thread. You guys are real Debbie downers. I watched the game with my son so didn't post and entire first half I was positive and kept saying wait until 2nd half the Bengals are going to outscore them by 28+ points.

WTH did we just watch. Never seen two halves like that. Just imagine being a Raven's fan after laying that egg of a 2nd half. Their coach is an idiot for not taking the FG to take lead on that 4th and 2. That is a play call we would expect Zac to make.

Sitting here watching the games today with some buddies and I told them it's going to be a tail of two halves. Don't get me wrong I was pretty pissed after the first half but was thinking they only scored 13 points. They didn't put us away when they should have.

[stripesincarolina]

Guys, keep it real here. We played a Ravens team right after the flock got hit by a semi trailer. Henry, Bateman, Andrews and Flowers might have been the only 4 starters playing. Their Oline is decimated. They are playing a backup QB. And they lost two key defenders in the second half. What I saw in the first half coming from a team at FULL strength and FULLY rested was uncertainty, low energy, terrible tackling, horrific play calling and a team that continues to show up like this throughout the Zac Taylor era. Get on this emotional rollcoaster at your own risk.

[MeatHeadbengal]

Guys, keep it real here. We played a Ravens team right after the flock got hit by a semi trailer. Henry, Bateman, Andrews and Flowers might have been the only 4 starters playing. Their Oline is decimated. They are playing a backup QB. And they lost two key defenders in the second half. What I saw in the first half coming from a team at FULL strength and FULLY rested was uncertainty, low energy, terrible tackling, horrific play calling and a team that continues to show up like this throughout the Zac Taylor era. Get on this emotional rollcoaster at your own risk.

I see your point, but its a road win against a division rival. There's a a weight scale of difficulty that needs to be added.