Is Burrow's latest injury FINALLY the impetus to going all out improving the O-line?

[OUatown]

ZT and FP are the problem. How many other HC’s continue to call the same plays that get your franchise QB hurt?

[Joelist]

(11-17-2023, 07:35 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I copied part of this response from a post I made in another thread this morning.

The key to making the OL successful isn't in rotating a carousel of new players in, the ones we have are just fine.  The problem lies in constantly asking them to pass block 40+ times per game without allowing them to first assert themselves and establishing a rushing attack. The Bengals weren't exactly kicking the Ravens' tails before Burrow went down.  The Bengals offense is just plain too predictable and easy for teams to diagnose and defend.  Teams that cannot switch over to a physical style and control the line of scrimmage will not win a championship in today's NFL.  Zac Taylor needs to take a moment of introspection and come to a realization of what's working and not working.

The Bengals went against their grain a few weeks ago in San Francisco, they lined up under center and went toe to toe with a strong defensive front.  For the most part it worked and they came away with the win.  Since then, it's been back to the same old same old.  Running the ball should not always look like a surprise play when people were expecting a pass.  Showing a determination to line up, move the men in front of you and moving the ball on the ground does so many good things for a team's OL.  It keeps the defense honest and not allowing them to simply come on an all out pass rush every play, it improves morale for the entire offense, as well as takes pressure off of the QB and receivers to constantly make clutch connections against increasingly tight coverages.

Yep!

We are WAY out of whack between run and pass. Add in being in shotgun almost all the time and our age old issue of tipping the play by the formation and NO OL will succeed in that environment - they are set up to fail. They NEED to run more and NEED to be under center more and as this is a power line they NEED to lean into the power concepts. As bad as we feel now this offense embarrassed San Francisco just three weeks ago by going under center, running power and more left than right and game planning to exploit the tendency of the San Francisco DL to jet up the field. That's something else we rarely do - exploit the tendencies of the opposing defense.