It was another performance not to remember for the Cincinnati Bengals in Cleveland as they opened up the 2023 NFL season.
A 24-3 loss to the Browns has the Bengals sitting right where they started the 2022 season.
After the Game, Dave Lapham jumped In The Trenches with Dave Berk to discuss what he saw during the day.
Were there any bright spots?
Or was this one you just throw away and get ready for Week 2 when the Baltimore Ravens come to Paycor Stadium in another AFC North battle?
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Hi Dave, lifelong Bengals fan now way out in Wyoming I'm so disappointed with today's game but I'm not worried about my Bengals
They were scared. JOE did nothing, WR were we orse.
Please do not blame it on rain remember the weather was not a factor we played the bills in an effing snowstorm remember the Bengals were not ready
Zacs gameplan was shit today. Should have just handed it off to Joe Mix, he consistently found openings and was able to run the ball. No idea why Zac kept trying to force the ball to Higgins, who I dont think had one catch today. Most of the passes to Jamarr were close to being OOB not giving him much chance of catching the pass in bounds.
Seeing all that, for Zac to continue to call up plays forcing it to Higgins, Chase & Boyd is fairly inexplicable. I think there were only 2 passes to Irvin, Jr. — why not include him in the game more at that point just to see what we have?
Zac's gameplan was confounding to say the least.
Think its fair to say Burrow's calf strain limited his mobility today and he struggled to escape the pocket and extend plays with his legs like he usually does. Hopefully, he is recovered from his injury by next week against the Ravens and gets his full mobility back.
We’ll be animals from here on out, count on it. 🫵 still embarrassing though.
Games like this make one wonder about the NFL being fixed. Poor play. Poor play calling. Idiotic across the board. No reasonable excuse for a team this good to perform like this.
@juicysparkles. Of course Zac Taylor wont run the ball no matter what. So Joe can barely hang on to the ball. Joe Mixon is running decent? Why don't I have Burrow throw it 31 times. More screens and throws in the flats. Couldn't see the receivers but don't know if Burrow just wasn't seeing them or they weren't getting open. Brown wasn't the savoir he was supposed to be. Jonah still stinks. Luckily we had all of those plays defensive plays from our number one pick Murphy. Taylor can't coach or pick unless it falls in his lap or he can ride his Burrow to victory cause he's going to totally lean on him until he's dead.
Baltimore laughing at you losers. Oh yeah, $275 Million for 82 yards
Last place in the afc north, lol
Burrow better call the bank Monday morning to make sure the check is still good.
Bengals are no big deal. You just saw one of the top 3 DEF's in the league and it wasn't the Bangles.
In football terms the Bengals got punked in that game
I expected a convincing Brown’s victory. Burrow was immobile and tentative on that leg. If he is injured or concerned he shouldn’t play. He was injured and he looked tentative. Nevertheless, if you want to have a Super Bowl year, this is exactly the way I would want the story of that season to start. Be prepared for a magnificent year of greatness from Mr. Joe Burrow and Co. Besides the offense wasn’t completely awful, Joe Mixon had some hop. I was surprised he didn’t get the ball more.
@Jamar Chase and loudmouth Bungals fans all week. BWAHAHAHAHA 😂😂😂😂
All due respect, but can we please stop blaming/ using "the elements" as an excuse? Last season the Bengals beat the Bills in a blizzard. Sloppy is sloppy, regardless of circumstance.
WHY DON'T YA SAYIT!!!
OUR DEFENSE KNOCKED THE. CHOCOLATE OUT OF THE BENGALS !!!!!!
THE VERY FIRST PLAY JOE WAS ON HIS COOLO .NO FURTHER QUESTIONS YOUR HONOR BBBBBOOOOOMMMM
GO DAWGS RIP AND TEAR U DIG???????
LAPHAM, JOE ISN'T A 50 YR OLD qbLIKE
ARRON RODGERS. He should at least play 1 preseason game yah!!!!
•WE DO NOT WANT ANY EXCUSES !
•Sunday, September 10, 2023
– Both Teams were playing on the Same Field with the Same Elements…
-Yet the BROWNS KICKED ASS AS THEY RUSHED for 200+Yards and threw for 150+😅
– CHAMPIONSHIP calibre teams are not this ill prepared😢 We Do Not Want to be the BUNGLES of the not too distant past🤭
– Let's see what happens the rest of the Season… Anything Short of a Super Bowl Appearence/WIN is a Failure!
– Joe now that you are Loaded and $$$et for Life… Kindly Refocus on the Game Preparation/Rehab/Health💯… Please Don't BS us and please get a Hair Cut😮.. You play better with the Buzz cut!
-Moreover, T Higging#85 will not go all out without a contract extension (I won't blame him). Therefore Bengals extend him for sure… Can't say that for Boyd#83, but why not!
– Plus, the kicking game/Returns/field position SUCKED! Just like #9
– I thought Robbins knew how to kick well in these northern weather elements/conditions..NOT!
– Lastly, the head coach seemed like the old "Gomer" Taylor/Deer staring at the headlights at night😳
"We don't want to risk injuries…"
Okay, but at some point the OL needs to get READY.
The past 2 seasons they were not ready and we lost week 1.
Entirely possible we go 0-2 in back to back seasons.
We got away with it in 2022…. can we expect to in 2023? Sounds foolish to me.
In a word. Awful !
Got to play together to be ready to play in a game. Pre season reps are needed. That's why we always lose first few games every year
Stay strong Bengals fans !!! GOD BLESS ALL 🙏 😊
That was beyond embarrassing
There was not a player for the Bengals that was ready to play football week 1, time to start plAYING THE STARTERS IN PRESEASON SOME.
Burrow looked lost AF. Looked like he saw a ghost.
Many changes needed that weren’t address. I’m not worried about burrow bad game for him. No doubt
But
-o line still looks the same or worse
-run defense is still bad
No Zac Taylor mention. Of course, only PLAYERS can have low IQ. "ZT is a good guy" – Media
The thing I've liked most the past few years about this team is they've learned from every bad game and usually come out much the better. But it's inexcusable to have been this unprepared in Week 1 yet again. Something about the preseason has to change. Baltimore almost becomes a must-win given that a loss makes us 0-2 in the division.