Bengals vs. Rams in Super Bowl 56

[Paul Heroy]

Game is this weekend!

Hope it is a close one..

If it's not close it's probably the Rams winning. Bengals have been scrapping & scraping by. I'm going with them to win a close one in the 20s. If the winning score is 35+ I don't think they can hang, though Joe "BRRRow" is definitely capable of heating up with Chase & Higgins. Was just talking to a friend and pointed out that he hasn't actually had great games the last 2 but they still won.

For me as an LSU fan it's great b/c I have Andrew Whitworth and OBJ to be happy for on the other side if the Rams do win.

[Paul Heroy]

Very good game last night. Not quite an all time classic maybe but a very good close game. Congrats to the Rams, they were the better team. 

If Cincy had even an average OL it probably goes the other way. Man they need to figure that out and protect Burrow's and their future.

[David Vaughn]

Very good game last night. Not quite an all time classic maybe but a very good close game. Congrats to the Rams, they were the better team.

If Cincy had even an average OL it probably goes the other way. Man they need to figure that out and protect Burrow's and their future.

The officials were horrible at the end of the game. The hit on Kupp was completely legal so there shouldn't have been offsetting penalties. Then there was the holding call on the linebacker that was very suspect. To add insult to injury, the foul never should have happened because a flag should have been thrown for a false start on the offensive line:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1493055083713544192

Maybe they were trying to make things even for the blown call coming out of the half when the WR grabbed Ramsey's face mask. Why the hell doesn't the NFL have full time officials? It's not like they can't afford it. 

[tripplej]

yeah, overall a good close game.

Cincinnati needs to really protect their QB.. The guy can only take so many hits and if this continues, his life in the NFL will be very short.

Yesterday, Burrow was sacked  6 times

[bmoney]

He actually was sacked 7 times. Tied a record. 

Officiating was typically bad. You let them play the whole game. Then at the most crucial time you start calling things?  

[Paul Heroy]

Yeah, 100% agree about the call on Wilson and the about face in the way they were calling the game. Seems like it can't be an NFL game these days without noticeable ref screw ups.

I remember thinking something was off on the snap on that play and saying something to my small gathering but then of course the holding call on Wilson swept attention away and I forgot about it.

Burrow was sacked 9 times vs Titans, another 7 last night. He was sacked the most of any QB in the regular season. He probably won't, but that dude needs to take at least a month off and let his body heal. 

[tripplej]

yeah, 7 sacks.. Still a lot for one person in one game to take.

Burrow needs to learn to be like Brady, essentially, throw the ball as fast as he gets it so that he doesn't get sacked and his body gets more hurt with each game, the body will only take so much pain till it starts to wear down... Brady survived so long due to his keen eye sight and trust that his receivers will be where he throws the ball to allow him quick release to get out of trouble from running rushers.

[AVSLaurie]

I really enjoyed that game, but I had a hard time understanding why the Rams kept trying to rush up the center- didn't really work out so good for them for the most part. Fortunately, the one time they really needed that play to work, it did.

[bmoney]

i feel like all football has become (especially big games) is run run run the first threee quarters.  shorten  the game.  then do nothing but throw the final quarter.  hence why teams with great QB's always win

pretty predictable and boring

[bmoney]

yeah, 7 sacks.. Still a lot for one person in one game to take.

Burrow needs to learn to be like Brady, essentially, throw the ball as fast as he gets it so that he doesn't get sacked and his body gets more hurt with each game, the body will only take so much pain till it starts to wear down... Brady survived so long due to his keen eye sight and trust that his receivers will be where he throws the ball to allow him quick release to get out of trouble from running rushers.

Brady may get rid of it quickly but he has at least 1 more second to check down.  burrows was getting it out super fast and still barely had any time.  its his OL thats the problem....bot his decision making (time)

[tripplej]

Cincinnati definitely needs to beef up their O-line. I am sure that will be a high priority for them in the off season..

[bmoney]

Cincinnati definitely needs to beef up their O-line. I am sure that will be a high priority for them in the off season..

they chose to take a receiver over a lineman this past years draft....which worked to an extent lol.  but yeah that was their one flaw tbh

[Paul Heroy]

they chose to take a receiver over a lineman this past years draft....which worked to an extent lol.  but yeah that was their one flaw tbh

I have discussed that decision ad nauseum elsewhere, lol. The 2 things that put it over to Chase for me are: 1) they did sign a top 10 rated OT in free agency; 2) Chase & Burrow have a special connection from playing together at LSU and winning a championship. If the Bengals decided to draft OL in the 1st, they almost certainly wouldn't have signed the FA - and the guy they would have drafted, Penei Sewell, was not as good as the next OT that got drafted. So Cincy signed 1 OL in FA, and then drafted OL in rounds 2, 4, 6. The guy they took in 2 was an OT in college that they converted to G, which is a work in progress and hard to assess at the moment if that was a good move. But they passed over a C that KC took who ended up being the #1 graded guy at his position. So in hindsight, if you could re-draft I think they'd still take Chase but would swap the 2nd rd pick.

[Paul Heroy]

I really enjoyed that game, but I had a hard time understanding why the Rams kept trying to rush up the center- didn't really work out so good for them for the most part. Fortunately, the one time they really needed that play to work, it did.

The Bengals offensive line has been weakest in the middle so it made sense for the Rams to try attacking there, but I guess the Bengals also planned around that. So LA adjusted by overloading on the right side (their left) and started crushing Burrow with that.

[tripplej]

from thespun,

"An estimated 101.1 million viewers watched Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals. Which is up quite a bit from last year’s number of 92 million, the lowest since 2006."