Bengals Vs. Packers -w/o Brett Favre-
- The big Bengals season starts out this evening at 8PM, and the party starts at 7pm tonight although my son thought that the party started this morning. He has his Bengals gear on and he's ready to WHO DEY til he drops.
- I'm excited to see the first
quarter… and how the first team defense looks.
ESPN's PREVIEW
What am I looking for tonight from the Bengals?
- Improved Pass Coverage
- Decent Run Coverage, Linebackers able to come up and make a stop when needed.
- Hustle- on both sides of the ball but especially defense. I'd like to see every member of the defense at the ball at the end of every play.
- The offense needs to be able to move the ball in the first couple of drives and FINISH! While field goals generate points, TDs generate more :)
- Can they convert on 3rd
down? With 3rd and less than 5,
they need to be able to move the chains. On 3rd down The Patriots converted 48% last year 92/191 The Bengals converted 96/208 46% of the
time. I wonder how many that the Bengals didn't convert were with 3rd & under 5. It seemed like a lot during the season.
- FIRST DOWNS, the Pats (who I'm just using because of their solid offense) had 393. The Bengals only had 320.
- TIME OF POSSESION- While the
Pre-season is hard to judge an offense… the less time that the defense is
on the field, the better!
