1 – Rest in peace, Mr. Bidwill.
2 – Sure, the Bengals are 0-5, and obviously not one of the heavyweight team, but this is the NFL. There are no bad teams, and it is hard to win on the road. The Cards even had to travel from west to east and play an early game. If you play at 90%, you will lose.
3 – I was heavily critical of the move back then, but I must admit that I am much more excited about Kyler Murray than both Josh Rosen, Nick Bosa and Quinnen Williams.
4 – The defense were humiliated on the Bengals’ first drive in both first and third half, but from there Vance Joseph’ unit clamped down. Great in-game adjustment-work.
5 – Great to see David Johnson play better than he had done in a looong time. Great that they played from the front all game, so they were able to run that much. Great that they did just that.
6 – Kevin Peterson played 70% of the defensive snaps. When I saw him out on the field that often, I thought of this post from a Rams-fan (mojorizen7):
7 – Supposedly the Bengals should have had a catastrophically bad offensive line. The Cardinals had absolutely zero pass rush. Zilch.
8 – I was really happy to see Kingsbury “getting cute” with some play calls. Yes, some of them were questionable, but that was what they hired him to do. That is not at all “cute”. That is the expectation! I feel like this was sort of a coming out party for him.
9 – Here is a free advice to their defensive coordinator as well as every defensive coordinator the Cards will meet going forward: Cover #11
10 – My God, it makes me so tired to see how they have a lot of penalties. Way, way too many. Every coach needs to get it fixed with his position group.
11 – Tough game for Deionte Thompson. Not great in coverage, one big illegal hit on an opponent, one big pass interference. He will probably be better next time. He has to be. He is important for the future, I think.
12 – Quick look behind the curtain: During games I take notes to make these posts. After all five games I have wrote “Kyler don’t look rookie” on my pad. It’s not as much his play as it is his demeanor. He just looks like he is control, and that this is his team. Like he always knows and understand the situation.
13 – Justin Murray is not a great player, but he is a good player. For a four year veteran, playing on his sixth team, and with only two games under his belt, that is a very, very good street pickup.
14 – Do they have something in Pharoh Cooper? Impossible to tell, but he certainly made the most of the chance given to him. I am proud of him. Would be huge if he can produce.
By the way, there has been a lot of criticism of the Cards’ wide receiver-group. Did you watch the Bengals’ receivers? Be careful what you wish for. Things can always get worse.
15 – I was surprised that the three big special teams contributors, Dennis Gardeck, Zeke Turner and Charles Washington was inactive.
2 – Sure, the Bengals are 0-5, and obviously not one of the heavyweight team, but this is the NFL. There are no bad teams, and it is hard to win on the road. The Cards even had to travel from west to east and play an early game. If you play at 90%, you will lose.
3 – I was heavily critical of the move back then, but I must admit that I am much more excited about Kyler Murray than both Josh Rosen, Nick Bosa and Quinnen Williams.
4 – The defense were humiliated on the Bengals’ first drive in both first and third half, but from there Vance Joseph’ unit clamped down. Great in-game adjustment-work.
5 – Great to see David Johnson play better than he had done in a looong time. Great that they played from the front all game, so they were able to run that much. Great that they did just that.
6 – Kevin Peterson played 70% of the defensive snaps. When I saw him out on the field that often, I thought of this post from a Rams-fan (mojorizen7):
7 – Supposedly the Bengals should have had a catastrophically bad offensive line. The Cardinals had absolutely zero pass rush. Zilch.
8 – I was really happy to see Kingsbury “getting cute” with some play calls. Yes, some of them were questionable, but that was what they hired him to do. That is not at all “cute”. That is the expectation! I feel like this was sort of a coming out party for him.
9 – Here is a free advice to their defensive coordinator as well as every defensive coordinator the Cards will meet going forward: Cover #11
10 – My God, it makes me so tired to see how they have a lot of penalties. Way, way too many. Every coach needs to get it fixed with his position group.
11 – Tough game for Deionte Thompson. Not great in coverage, one big illegal hit on an opponent, one big pass interference. He will probably be better next time. He has to be. He is important for the future, I think.
12 – Quick look behind the curtain: During games I take notes to make these posts. After all five games I have wrote “Kyler don’t look rookie” on my pad. It’s not as much his play as it is his demeanor. He just looks like he is control, and that this is his team. Like he always knows and understand the situation.
13 – Justin Murray is not a great player, but he is a good player. For a four year veteran, playing on his sixth team, and with only two games under his belt, that is a very, very good street pickup.
14 – Do they have something in Pharoh Cooper? Impossible to tell, but he certainly made the most of the chance given to him. I am proud of him. Would be huge if he can produce.
By the way, there has been a lot of criticism of the Cards’ wide receiver-group. Did you watch the Bengals’ receivers? Be careful what you wish for. Things can always get worse.
15 – I was surprised that the three big special teams contributors, Dennis Gardeck, Zeke Turner and Charles Washington was inactive.
