12-06-2021, 12:59 AM
(12-05-2021, 09:00 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: Do I think 148 yards on 29 attempts is good? Hmm there’s that word again, Context.
Seems to me that was the game plan. 20-29 is a damn good day completion wise. And when the raiders have a d-line(max crosby) who can get to the qb with the best of them, you tend to get rid of the ball quickly for shorter gains.
Also, like we all saw that game, Joe Mixon was DOMINANT. And so was the defense.
All you have to do is game manage at that point. Just don’t lose the game. That’s all burrow needed to do, and he did it
You keep focusing on numbers and continue to ignore the workings of that game
20-29 is average for Burrow this year...and when you're throwing so many passes at or hehind LOS, your completion rate should he at least that high.
Anyways, you seem to be missing what I'm driving at in your sensitivity to perceived Burrow criticism, which is...
(12-05-2021, 09:50 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Adding the "by a lot" seems like a stretch, but I'm open to hear the details. But that could also be a knock against the Bengals as an organization. Burrow outplays Herbert by a lot and still ends up losing by 19 points at home and having a crappy stat line? Weird.
This is what I'm trying to drive at. How do we have 3 quality receivers who are inarguably better than Herbert's, yet our guys struggle to get open, while Herbert's guys were WIDE open.
IMO, it's scheme above all else. We're not fooling anyone. Chase shouldn't be completely shut down just by shading a safety in his direction...and if he is, why can't we find a way around that?
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