Chris Simms on Offense Playcalling

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(10-06-2022, 05:59 PM)sonofstat Wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrOWjhkG5_Q

Pretty much sums up some of the frustration on this board in terms of the vanilla playcalling on offense.

Normally when national media head down this path i tune out of the Bengals bashing,  but Simms has been a consistent Bengals and Burrow / Chase cheerleader and the way he breaks down the predictability of the route running rings pretty true for me.

Time to go crazy Zac/Brian  

I heard this live and was originally ready to jump on his bandwagon (if I wasn't there already) and bash Zac and Callahan for their poor play design, and play calling.

Then, I remembered last season.  We were saying a lot of the same things.  

Here are the Bengals points scored in the first six weeks of the season:

27, 17, 24, 24, 22, 31.

It took until week 6 to break 30 points, and that was against the Lions.  They went on to exceed 30 points in 4 of their next 5 games.  What does that have to do with 2022?  Well, a lot of the explanations we heard last season was they wanted to "ease Joe in to it" and not put too much on his plate.  They wanted to make sure he was totally healed and the line was playing more solid so they could open up the playbook.  

How is 2022 different?  Sure, we all know the potential with the best trio of WRs, but it doesn't matter if we don't have Burrow to get them the ball.  They are STILL protecting Joe.  Trying to get the ball out quicker.  A lot of Miami was one read and then check down.  That doesn't play to Joe's strengths at all, but if he is taking shots while reading the defense, it may end the season prematurely.  

I am hoping we see a MAJOR step forward now that the offensive line has had a full four games to gel and now 10 days to recover.  This needs to be the week the line gets their shit together and the OC and Zac get to page 2 of the playbook and reveal some better designed plays.