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Originally Posted by DRM08
I agree with you that Burrow has a much better roster supporting him, especially the defense. Sounds like you agree with me that the media doesn't give your defense enough credit for Cincy's success. Too much credit being placed on your QB. He's a great player, but he is getting plenty of help from the defense.
I don't agree that Cincy "shut down Mahomes" in the 2nd half of the most recent game. He put 2 strong TD drives on you in the 3rd quarter. He was driving for more points in the 4th quarter when Kelce fumbled and Butker missed a Field Goal. Not like you forced 3 and out punts in the 2nd half of that game. I have a ton of respect for the Bengals defense, but you weren't far off from giving up 20+ points on 4 drives in that half of football. As it stands, 14 points in 4 drives with a missed field goal is not "shutting down" anyone.
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Burrow is definitely fortunate to have the defense he does. I'd like to think he would be able to overcome a lesser defense, having to pass more, but that won't play out until/if they lose some guys on D and have to replace them, possibly getting lesser guys. The 2020 defense wasn't close to what they are now and he was able to put up numbers with lesser weapons than he has now.
True, Mahomes played a better 2nd half in Cincy this year. Going into this game, i think it's more likely that you see both teams playing well throughout and it could come down to who is able to have their hands on the ball as the clock winds down to zero.