Some people might worry about overconfidence on a defense that’s coming off a shutout, but it doesn’t look like it will be a problem for the Bengals this weekend.
Safety George Iloka was asked Thursday what the team could carry over from their 30-0 win against the Browns and scoffed at the premise of the question. Iloka said it would be “foolish” of the team to think they could “take the things we did” to shut down Johnny Manziel and apply them to stopping the Broncos.
“It’s Peyton Manning and it’s Johnny Manziel,” Iloka said, via ESPN.com. “He’ll be a good quarterback one of these days, but let’s not put him in the same type of category right now. The only thing we can take from last week is how fired up we came, how intense we were and try and come out the gate the same way.”
There’s not much to add to Iloka’s point about the two quarterbacks other than to say that he’s absolutely correct. Monday night will be miles away from Week 15 in Cleveland for the defense literally and figuratively.