Who cares?

[Capt.Gut]

A win is a win is a WIN!

 

[DaBoys4Life]

I disagree. It's about how you win and how you execute while winning. For a team with superbowl hopes they can't continue to play like this .

 

[Capt.Gut]

Today is a win and we can move. One game closer to the postseason.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

Wins don't cover up the fact we gave up 20 + points again.

 

[TX_Yid]

Win most important for sure... that had all the traits of a bad loss but they dug it out.

Also important though.. whats wrong with Tony? for a while there everything was coming out badly, no spirals, underthrown etc. I'm big on Tony, he's got everything but you could tell he wasn't enjoying himself out there today, what gives?

 

[windward]

I disagree. It's about how you win and how you execute while winning. For a team with superbowl hopes they can't continue to play like this .

We played the Bengals just as well as the vaunted Giants did.

 

[windward]

Win most important for sure... that had all the traits of a bad loss but they dug it out.

Also important though.. whats wrong with Tony? for a while there everything was coming out badly, no spirals, underthrown etc. I'm big on Tony, he's got everything but you could tell he wasn't enjoying himself out there today, what gives?

He turned it around after the INT.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

We played the Bengals just as well as the vaunted Giants did.

I don't really care how the Giants played against the Bengals. What matters is our play and how we play against them. Where we should be at and where they should be at. After being up 17-0 in the first half it shouldn't have been 24-22 in the fourth.

 

[windward]

I don't really care how the Giants played against the Bengals. What matters is our play and how we play against them. Where we should be at and where they should be at. After being up 17-0 in the first half it shouldn't have been 24-22 in the fourth.

Then you're just looking at half of the equation.

 

[AdamJT13]

Wins don't cover up the fact we gave up 20 + points again.

How many points did the Bengals score when they started on their own half of the field?

How many of their scoring drives went more than 25 yards?

 

[JonJon]

I don't really care how the Giants played against the Bengals. What matters is our play and how we play against them. Where we should be at and where they should be at. After being up 17-0 in the first half it shouldn't have been 24-22 in the fourth.

I agree. This game shouldn't have been close. Yet, due to turnovers at critical junctions in the game, we let a severely inferior team hang around and it almost bit us in the ***.

We generated no pass rush until late in the 4th quarter when we knew they were passing. The soft zone defense is still atrocious...I have no idea why that is even in the playbook anymore... Owens still doesn't have anybody to help him out other than Witten... Our special teams are still suspect...and the run comes too easy for the other teams.

Say what you will, but those are serious problems that can hurt us against a team that actually has talent, like we will see in the playoffs.

 

[JonJon]

How many points did the Bengals score when they started on their own half of the field?

How many of their scoring drives went more than 25 yards?

The point is, they shouldn't have been in scoring position in the first place. Special teams and a costly turnover gave them that chance. If we play disciplined football then they don't even sniff within 21 points of us.

 

[AdamJT13]

The point is, they shouldn't have been in scoring position in the first place. Special teams and a costly turnover gave them that chance. If we play disciplined football then they don't even sniff within 21 points of us.

You're correct, which is why it's a stretch to blame the defense for allowing 22 points. The defense had one bad drive, plus maybe one bad play on the other TD. Other than that, they stopped the Bengals from moving the ball very far every single time they had it. But when they're starting in our territory over and over and over, they don't have to do much to kick a field goal.

 

[Brandon]

A win is a win, against an 0-5 team, who almost beat us lifeless team.

 

[mmohican29]

"It's the journey". We sucked today. We won today. We are now only 7 wins away from a probable playoff birth with 11 to go. At that point, we will need to be playing our absolute best football. Until then- I will ***** and moan like everyone else but find myself content to get the W.