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Zach Taylor just revealed the truth about the Bengals, and the win was not enough in Miami as we break down what went wrong that almost let them blow the lead to a very weak team in the NFL. We're diving into all of that today here on Bengals Digest, so be sure to stay tuned until the very end. We appreciate you guys joining us today, wherever you may be, because we've got a lot to dive into today. So we appreciate you guys joining, appreciate you guys subscribing. We're getting very close. to 6,000 subscribers here on the channel so we appreciate appreciate you guys tuning along being there with us along the ride so we dive in today first thing bringing up some injury news for the team so Swayze Bozeman did break his forearm according to Zach Taylor and he is going to be going on IR so that's brutal but in the meantime they did sign Jack Kaiser to their uh they claimed him to their practice squad as of right now they claimed him from the Jacksonville Jaguars so bring in a linebacker in to fill in for Swayze Bozeman during his absence I really like Bozeman like what we've seen out of him out of him up to this point we're gonna have to find out if Kaiser is a good replacement but that's not necessarily the focus of today's video but before we get into all of that, I did want to bring up how the odds are looking, shaping up here on Kalshi for tonight's game, the Rams versus the Bills. 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Ryan got a touchdown Gasecki got a touchdown Barrett Carter leading. He got a sack. Jonathan Allen got a sack. Boyd Maffey got a sack The defensive players got a little bit involved. Some tackle for losses in there. It was a decent game overall, but there were still some things that just, it's a little bit scary, all right? I'm not going to lie, a little bit scary Some things they definitely need to clean up. Joe Burrow is on the up and up He's looking very good. there's his projections in terms of the next few games that we're looking at um and so i mean he's he's looked decent he's looked good in this game he's a big reason that they won this game and there's a quick graph on where he throws the ball where he's kind of had success dicing up the defenses but altogether there's more to this team than Joe Burrow and some things that they really need to look at as you look onward they've got an interesting schedule coming up so this bye week this week then they're going to Baltimore to play the Ravens now this game is huge we're diving into the matchups a little bit as we get closer to that game this game is going to be the true tell I think of what this team is what their identity is if they can compete against these high caliber teams we saw they did falter against the Jacksonville Jaguars who look really good right now. And the Titans and Falcons don't look as good. So likely going to get a little bit of a break before taking on another divisional opponent in the Steelers. But here's what Zach Taylor had to say in the post game talking about this Dolphins game. He said, there's a lot of frustrating things on our end. We had two personal fouls. We fumbled twice in the red zone. We caught a kickoff on the four yard line. We had a penalty on a field goal that led to a touchdown, gave them four points and gave up over 200 yards rushing there is plenty that they need to clean up and he's taking accountability for not only the coaching but just the players and the way that they've played up to this point and the fact that they really just didn't come away with what they should um there's a lot to digest here no pun intended and uh and a lot to clean up still as we go into the coming weeks especially the bye week it's probably a perfect time to go into this bye week not only due to injuries but things that they need to clean up and here's what Joe Burrow had to say we ran it efficiently i think just not good enough all around team-wide i think if we want to be the team that we think we're gonna be you gotta be better than that and that i mean that leads to them needing to be smarter um two fumbles in the red zone a couple of personal fouls that hurt us hurt our field position gave them points on the board we got to be smarter so mistakes gotta stop i mean discipline is the number one thing and it's good to hear that Zach Taylor is taking accountability for this talking about how they need to improve this because let's face it in the past these things have kind of slid under the radar not really addressed and the team gets hurt because of it and so that leads us into the next segment of the run defense specifically this has to be fixed allowing 200 yards on the ground when you're facing you know a running quarterback like Malik Willis you know through four games he's rushed for over 100 yards and a touchdown I mean he made some big plays and Zach Taylor said it this way he made some plays with his feet so I know the rushing yards are going to come up on some big quarterback runs that he had as well you can't discount that anytime you play a guy we're about to play a guy in two weeks that can do the same thing I mean Malik Willis is a mobile quarterback yes but Lamar Jackson is a guy who is known as the most elite running quarterback in the league and he runs all over teams he runs like a running back back there and the Bengals know this he's a familiar opponent but you got a scheme for this when they're allowing it to Malik Willis it does scare me a little bit when they're when they're about to play the Baltimore Ravens in two weeks so they really got to improve there I am all with you there Zach so boy I'm off I came out and said this for us right now the biggest thing is staying on track making sure we do our job as a d-line uh as a front to create pressure pressure for the defensive backs in the back end we talked about it in the last episode how that first interception big courtesy to the pass rush so things like that you can make plays with it but um we're trying to buy us time so we can get there uh there on the back end so big things they need to look out for contain the quarterback on scrambles especially Lamar Jackson we know that's coming we know what to expect so you got to be prepared for it close those running lanes before they come explosive plays and improve the gap discipline i think that was a big thing that i saw a lot in this game were they getting home on a few of them yes were they still getting pressure yes but this gap discipline really needed to be worked on especially in that running game the pass rush looks a little bit better run defense that front four there should be no excuses for the amount of gap issues that they have and overall i mean a familiar problem we we gotta look at tackling and some self-inflicted mistakes gave miami a way back we know this we talked about it zach taylor as i mentioned talked about this so they made it harder They had two red zone fumbles, and then the penalty added for four points, and then the late finish, it came down to the wire. They let Miami get back into this game, and that's just something that cannot happen anymore. The good thing is we've got a reliable kicker in Evan McPherson. He's been just balling out. I mean, I just want to give credit where credit's due. Nine for nine, 100% on the year. He's beating records. He's looking good. Jamar Chase came out and said this in the postgame. He said, I would agree with him. we've been doing it it's been dumb penalties it ain't like it ain't been like something we ain't been trying to do we uh it's been penalties on ourselves and we can control it's not just holding penalties unsportsmanlike conduct penalties stupid penalties basically is what he's saying it's just all the all the above at the end of the day so we got to hold ourselves accountable and fix those opportunities got to stay at it at the end of the day we're doing it i'm not gonna lie we do it we did it at the end of the game we got all the way down just got to find a way to finish at the goal line. And I think that's the big point. And I agree with that. But you know, Joe Burrow, you got to score a touchdown and you get to the 10 yard line to close it out. You got to capitalize on these opportunities that they're giving you, especially on a weaker defense. And it really came down to an onside kick. You don't want to be in that spot. So what things have to change during the bye? Well, there's quite a few, but first thing, protect the ball in scoring territory. You got to eliminate those personal fouls. It all comes down to discipline and coaching staff and all that fix kickoff decisions and field position and stop handing opponents free points they really got to wrap up the special teams too i mean we talked about it there um and it's just it's just a lot that they've got to they got to fix the run game is a positive that they had in this game that they really could build on though i mean Samaje Perine had a solid game with 68 yards on 14 carries had two targets 10 reception yards uh two receptions solid game for Samaje Perine it's a little disappointing that we're bringing up Perine and we're not bringing up uh chase brown in this one but that's something we got to talk about more in the future um but he is trending upwards in his rushing yards in terms of the past five games i mean you look at those numbers since week one this is by far his his career or his not career but his season best with 20 yards coming in week one and since then he hasn't even broke 10 so maybe that is a trend that we're looking at heading forward and Zach Taylor came out and said this I think we ran the ball well last week was last week we put that one behind us I thought we had a good week of practice but our linemen really came off the ball during practice I felt confident coming to this game in terms of the running game and so they got Baltimore next week. He says we're never satisfied. This is Samaje Perine speaking. But it was a step in the right direction. There's a lot of things that we can clean up, but it's a good starting point. And I think that is a moral of today's episode is that there is a lot that they got to clean up. There is. I mean, they've got Baltimore in two weeks and you don't want to see these issues continue to mount on top of each other, continue to, you know, just build and really lead them down a dark path because they got to take this bye week and really recoup we've got some signings we've got a lot more to talk about so be sure to stay tuned here on Bengals Digest as we dive into the bye week headfirst we'll have it all for you here on Bengals Digest