Breaking down the Bernard touchdown run

[Cpt slay a ho]

Harper needs to be replace

[bandu]

Decoud needs to be replaced and this is where i would like to see Colin Jones,for right now.

[AceBoogie]

Makes you wonder what they're doing at practice

[Firefox]

I rarely comment on lack of holding calls, but yesterday was terrible. Maybe it was the white gloves on white jerseys, but it felt like the Bengals held egregiously every play, all the while refs only focused on defensive holding.

Look no further than the Seahawks-Cowboys game. Defenses are hamstrung this year while offensive lines pnly get called 5% of the time. To be fair, I wonder how much this has helped our O-line keep Cam alive.

 

But most Huddlers don't understand holding rules.

If holding is away from the play it isn't called (NFL rulebook).

In that picture the neck hold looks far enough out on the left end that it probably didn't affect the run. 

No call, if that was the referee's judgement.

[pstall]

No Hardy makes it easy to double Star and others in the middle. Its that simple.

[tailg8or]

I undetstand why the Falcons let DeCoud walk. He is a liability against the run amd routinely takes bad angles and misses tackles. I am not a big Mitchell fan but we sure miss him.

[pstall]

You do realize Star was doubled all season last year, right? Lotululei this season is getting beat on one-on-ones. No excuses. Star is playing average to below average so far.

Not good for our defensive line.

Right. No Hardy AND double is worse than Hardy and a double but you're correct.

[KintnerBoy]

Now lets break down my break-down when it happened.

[Navy_football]

Have some of you even watched Pittsburgh this season? Mitchell has missed the most tackles on that defense. He also has the most holding penalties. Mike is getting close to being benched... and you guys still think he's a 'beast'?

 

I hear you and that's valid.

 

But I very clearly remember Mike Mitchell bringing Adrian Petersen down in the open field with one hand. Think about that for a minute... that never happens. 

 

I think Mitchell was comfortable in Carolina and this defensive scheme. They needed what he brought to the table and vice versa. Loss for both parties when he left, but of course $5 million a year makes it feel a lot better - for him at least. 

[beastson]

You do realize Star was doubled all season last year, right? Lotululei this season is getting beat on one-on-ones. No excuses. Star is playing average to below average so far.

Not good for our defensive line.

 

He's tired of playing next to bum ass Colin 

[ricardo22compleano]

Should of been a holding call on multiple players what bs

[rayzor]

the defense has had more than enough breaking down this year.

even without hardy, there's no excusing it considering how good they have been the past couple years, esp. last year.

i can understand a little drop off, but not franchise-record bad.

[fjblair]

When there's so many mistakes on one play, coaching needs to take blame as well. They lack discipline. They don't know where to go. They're just running around lost with no direction.

 

Bullshit. These guys are pros they know their assignments. They didn't execute and got burned. Nothing to do with coaching and discipline.

[hdevonxz]

Amazing how slow Decoud is lol