Bengals Winning Formula on Offense this Year

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(12-22-2021, 10:49 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: It is silly to not see a balance offense has contributed to winning this season ..

Here's every win, loss and tie for the last 2 years that Joe Burrow played a full game in. Please point out where all this "balance" is. 

2020
Team name, pass attempts, run attempts, yards rushing, difference in run/pass. 
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(L)
lac 36/28 122 (-8)
cle 61/24 68  (-37)
blt 30/28 70  (-2)
ind 39/32 98  (-7)
cle 29/22 82  (-7)
pit 40/21 139 (-19)

(T)
phi 44/18 48 (-26)

(W)
jax 40/20 89 (-20)
ten 30/29 218 (-1) 


2021
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(L)
chi 30/20 69  (-10)
gb 38/24 103 ot (-14)
nyj 35/16 41 (-19)
cle 42/23 85 (-19)
lac 40/25 96 (-15)
sf 34/26 86 ot (-8)

(W)
min 27/36 149 ot (+9) 
pit 18/24 96 (+6)
jax 32/22 78 (-10)
det 30/36 142 (+6) 
bal 38/24 111 (-14)
lvr 29/38 159 (+9) 
pit 25/38 198 (+13)
den 22/26 113 (+4)

In the 2 wins of 2020, 1 win had only a -1 imbalance (almost perfectly balanced) and 1 win had a -20 run/pass ratio. Of the 6 losses in 2020, 4 of them had an imbalance of -8 run/pass ratio (not far off being balanced). 

In the 8 wins of 2021, only 5 of them had a +9 or less run/pass ratio and 3 of them had a +/- ratio of 10 or more. Of the 6 losses in 2021, 5 of them had an imbalance of  -10 or greater run/pass ratio. One of them had a -8 imbalance. 

23 games. 12 of them had an imbalance of +/- 10 or greater ratio. 

The 2 most run-heavy teams this year, Eagles and Titans (52% and 50%), are 7-7 and 9-5. 
The 2 most pass-heavy teams this year, Bucs and Jets (66% and 63%), are 10-4 and 3-11. 

The "average" (16th place) team, Seahawks, has a run/pass ratio of 43% to 56% and they're 5-9.
The Bengals (10th place) team, has a run/pass ratio of 45% to 53% and they're 8-6. 

Bills 8-6, Chargers 8-6, Steelers 7-6-1, Chiefs 10-4, Raiders 7-7, Buccaneers 10-4, all throw it 60% of the time or more. 

There is ZERO correlation between simply having a "balanced" attack and winning. Teams should be striving for an effective running game with a 4.5ypc average or better and a run/pass ratio of around 45% to 55%.