Now OR Never for Cincinnati Bengals in Sunday Night Football Matchup vs Chargers
Will the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Los Angeles Chargers to save their season?
James Rapien and Jake Liscow discuss the significance of Sunday’s game, plus thoughts on Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, Lou Anarumo, Mike Hilton, Justin Herbert and so much more ahead of the primetime showdown!
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33 comments
Zac Taylor will get outcoached, let’s be real
Defense!!! Please tackle!!!
Shot out to Jake for keeping it real! Pom Pom James was still being Pom Pom James!
Yes that oldie but goodie by Elvis… (It's now or never) fits perfectly on Sunday night. LETS GO!!! WHO DEY!!!
Honestly it hurts me a lot for Joe, Chase and Hendrickson… but the rest of the team doesn’t have that look of the 2021 team or 2022… for me better sit Joe Burrow because after all this f** still we are figuring out how to protect him! If the bengals front office finish his career for never invert in good FA to protect him I swear that I will be finish with all the love that I have for this team and throw away all of my brand!
Fire zac taylor. Vanilla trash offense and a terrible defense and now his kicker cant make field goals. Last i checked a head coach was responsible for the whole team. Should not get a "free pass" because youre an "offensive coach" that just so happened to have fallen into jamar chase and joe burrow
Harbaugh is smart enough to take chase away… then what is Zac going to do… tee needs to play if we are going to win.
I'm done thinking this team can climb out of this hole. Not saying they can't but at this point they gotta show me. Offense is good but the defense is just bad. This defense is bad till there not.
Burrow will be sacked 5 times Sunday and the defense will give up 35 points. This is a terrible waste of Joe Burrow and his career.
Chargers win 27-23
Defense needs to play like it’s the last game they will ever play. Stop the run and get a few good runs to keep chargers defense honest. Burrow can’t take all the hits he did last game. Then maybe they can make a run. If they lose it’s a wrap
Jake, Burrow's career will follow the same path as Dan Marino, not the Brees Saints. Marino was a HoF player, but his teams had bad Oline and defense year after year. The Dolphins wasted his career after playing in a SB early in his career like Burrow. Marino and Burrow will have the same career path.
We will be fine
We will be fine we will win this game Sunday
Keep doubting the Bengals!!! You call yourself fans 😂 Who Dey! Let’s go!!!! Best defensive statement coming this SunDEY!!!! Watch. 😎
Joe Burr about to be ice cold 🥶 he’s about to let everyone KNOW!!! He is still in it!!!!
This team needs a physical 235 pound running back to pound the ball.
Bengals win super bowl this year.
No matter what else happens, there is no way that Zac Taylor is massively outcoached. Bengals just don't have enough to win this one.
I still believe
11-0 the rest of the season = SUPER BOWL CHAMPS
Tried to circle back and post this on crossover show but seemed like comments were closed so putting it here FOR US WHODEYS? Does anyone on Earth think that Justin Herbert is One Of The Greatest Qbs on Earth? The fans poked then followed up by dissing Joe and placing Herbert above #9?? What planet are they on??. What sport is popular on Neptune that they're watching on Sunday??
Joe is at a disadvantage cause he doesn't play our defense twice a year either. Theres not a planet in the solar system where justin Herbert is better than JOE BURROW. Start in college and keep watching bolts??
Jake, trust us, we will never ever think you're optimistic ever! Eoyre incarnate!
They are 0-5 against teams under 500 and 4-1 against teams with 3 wins or less… They have 4 wins… They need to beat teams above 500 cause most of the playoff teams are above 500…. Chargers defense is so much better than Ravens… No way chase goes for 260 yards…
They can go 10-7 and make it to the AFC championship that’s still a failure of a season. Mike and Katie had every opportunity to make this roster and team better and chose not to. Joe’s judging this seasons success by a ring. It’s clear Mike and Katie do not have that same meter for judging this teams success. They are a stain on the NFL, players, coaches , and fans. They need to leave. Period.
It’s really hard as a Bengals fan to be talking about playoffs when they’ve already lost the “must win” games. Joe and Jamar will play well but that’s as much as they have. No reason to think that Herbert won’t carve up Bengals’ horrible secondary and we’ll see another loss.
I have to tell you. I hate the Gambling in sports. People botch about games being Rigged and they wonder why. Funny how not to many years ago GAMBLING BAD. Now we advertise it everywhere. RANT COMPLETE
This is the worst all around receiving core the bengals have played all season imo. I think the defense has a chance to show up.
I know it’s your job to do these podcasts but with a defense this terrible there’s little chance this team wins. The defensive players are losers.
I am really amazed at how realistic so many Bengal fans are and not nob slobbers. This Bengal team looks so much like the Charger teams of the past from Fouts, to Rivers to Herbert’s first years. The reality is that Offense puts fans in the seats, defense wins championships. The only solid defense the Bengals played was the Eagles and they scored 17 points. This is the first time Herbo has had an above 26th rated defense in his career. Burrow/Bengals best season was when the had a top half defense. They don’t, Chargers win. 27-23
Team needs a complete OVERHAUL !! Bad Coaching ( Zac Taylor , Frank Pollack , Marion Hobby ) Worst Roster Cpnstruction in NFL ( Duke Tobin ) GM who doesn’t make the investments he should n keep key players ( Bates , Mixon. Reader ) should have all been paid those were key pieces . ( Hubbard , Pratt , Cappa , Higgins shld have all been traded
Team needs a complete OVERHAUL !! Bad Coaching ( Zac Taylor , Frank Pollack , Marion Hobby ) Worst Roster Cpnstruction in NFL ( Duke Tobin ) GM who doesn’t make the investments he should n keep key players ( Bates , Mixon. Reader ) should have all been paid those were key pieces . ( Hubbard , Pratt , Cappa , Higgins shld have all been traded !! Money would have been saved draft picks wld have been added … ownership IS ABSOLUTE TRASH!!