They say the NFL is a copycat league. In Week 17, the Cards will become the latest case study. Specifically, Trey McBride. For the first time in 17 games, the now two-time Pro Bowl tight end was held to fewer than five catches last week. What the Falcons did defensively (Jonathan Gannon cited a variety of cloud coverages), the Bengals now figure to adopt, re-enact, plagiarize, steal. Call it “Grand Theft Game Plan.” Then again, the Bengals defense ranks dead last. And don’t ask McBride whether another defense can replicate holding him to season-lows in catches (4) and receiving yards (27): “It’s been eating at me all week and I’m excited to have an opportunity to change the narrative.”
