The Ja'Marr Chase Thread

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(08-23-2021, 05:58 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: The Bengals were averaging roughly 43 attempts per game last year. That would have been right around the top of the league, up there with Dallas who was calling a lot of pass plays. Getting the exact number of pass plays called is hard because you have to account for not only sacks, but scrambled as well.

That number is a little high, but averaging somewhere in the realm of 37-40 attempts is probably where you want to be and likely where we WILL be. The best offense is a strong passing offense. Look at the Chiefs, who had a pass/run ratio of 62/38. Or the Buccaneers, who had a pass run ratio of 64/36. Seahawks had a 60/40 split, Buffalo had a 61/39 split. In fact, most of the league is running this type of split, save for a few teams.

All of these teams had QBs averaging in the realm of 37-40 attempts because that’s the best way to move the ball down the field. Cincinnati is also built like many of those teams, with the addition of Chase. If Burrow is the real deal and they can keep him upright when he throws the ball, then the offense is set up very nicely.

43 per game would be the 3rd most pass attempts made by a QB in a single season in NFL history.

42 (which is where my numbers had the Bengals under Burrow through 9.5 games) would be the 6th most in NFL history.

No matter how you want to spin it, it's not a good amount. Of the top-10 attempt seasons by a QB (it's actually 11 QBs, two are tied for 10th), 7 of them didn't make it to the playoffs, and 10 of them failed to win a single playoff game. The only one to win one was Peyton Manning in 2013 and he's one of the two tied for 10th.