There not much that needed to be reviewed from last weeks games. As the Bengals single handilydid everything a football team could do to lose a football game. Everything from missed assignments, to dumb mental mistakes, also some turnovers sprinkled in there. No way with those three things are you going to win any football game, especially when you play a NFC power in the Chicago Bears. As for the Steelers, I think it's safe to say their football season pretty much ended last week. They lost one of the anchors, and vet of their Defense, also they best offensive of lineman off a line that wasn't great to start with. They played against a Tennessee Titans football team that's not great but getting better slowly but surely. Titans pretty much dominated the Steelers holding them to just 2 points all the way til the last 90 seconds of the game, with better performance on offense this game would've easily been a bigger margin then the 16-9 in which the Titans won with. Although the Steelers season look hopeless, they still must go out and play and complete the schedule. This week they take the trip to Cincinnati and play the Bengals in a Monday Night Football game, that I'm sure the league wish they could flex.
Steelers
I don't see how they can win this game at all, or even make it a game for that matter but have to sit her and come up with the Blueprint.
* Run Game:
Even though the Steelers backfield is not healthy, nor the offensive front, they MUST find a way to establish an effective run game. They couldn't even establish one first down via the run game last week. Only managing 32 yards on 15 team carries. That won't be good this week, they have to do better to keep the Bengals D honest, and take some pressure off Ben.
* Offensive Line:
This Offensive Line must step up and play better. Everybody know they're not at full strength, but that's no excuse, they must play better. Allowing 5 sack to the Titans can easily be double by this Bengals D that have the best front in the game. They are the vital piece to any success this Team will have.
* Super Ben:
Big Ben must transformed to super Ben if the Steelers going to have a chance to win, with no run game at all it's time to see what type of QB Ben is, should he be with the Elite as many will say, or is he just a system QB who legacy should be based off the Defenses he had playing on his team.... Time to show us Ben.
*DDDDDEFENSE:
Even though this D, is not one of the caliber we used to seeing in Pittsburgh, they are still the strength of this team, and they must show it. This unit have to find a way to slow down an offense that honestly stopped themselves last week against a better D then what the Steelers are.
Bengals
I think we all witnessed what happen last week, as the Cincinnati Bengals went to Chicago and lost to the Cincinnati Bengals. Although they are big favors in this game they can't come out and take this team for granted, I think they going to be pissed off, and fired up come Monday night, and show the prime time viewers they deserve all the hype they getting.
*Mentality Check:
As poorly as they actually played on the field it was mental mistake that really seal their fate last week. Two personal foul penalties at the end of each half of this football game, one that lead to that 3 point difference that was the game, and one that denied the offense an opportunity at the end of the game. Biggest play of the game, a guy missing an assignment didn't help.
*Defense Eat:
This Defense must feast on this battered Offensive. I'm sure Zim and his crew is salavating right now, they must show what everybody call them one the best D in the league
*Smash Mouth:
The Bengals approach need to be to break this D down in between the tackles. Pound away at these guy, hit them right in the heart of there unit and open up the pass that way. Although this team is having a hard time with health and confidence, the strength is the secondary and their secondary still consist of all-pro, pro bowlers back there. Don't be surprised if you see more running then expected, RUN THE BALL.
*PROTECT THIS HOUSE:
It's your home opener and your fans are not happy starting off 0-1, especially beating yourself the way y'all did. The quickest way to lose a football game, is to constantly give the ball to the other team when you have it. The Bengals MUST protect the football, don't allow this team to keep this game close, a lost this week, with this unstable fan base, can be Armageddon.
PREDICTION:
When Monday get here, and the jungle start to rock, what you should expect is a pure domination by the Bengals. Realistically there is no way I can see the Steelers beating the Bengals, but the game still has to be played and as we have seen a week ago, the Bengals can beat the Bengals. They say you never make the same mistake twice, and I don't think they will, I have Cincinnati winning this game 24-6.
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