The Run Game

[SunsetBengal]

(10-26-2022, 10:01 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: It just doesn't make sense to run when....

I'm just kidding. I've beat this damn topic to death. I'll leave it alone. It would be nice to see the Bengals be able to convert 3rd/4th & short more often, especially in 4th down situations. Being aggressive on 4th can & will win more games, but when your run game is this damn bad, it is hard. There has at least been some improvement with gap being called more, but there were also plenty of gap runs called early on in the season. Against Atlanta, Cincinnati ran primarily gap and the run game was awful still.

I just think we are in for another season of the run game being terrible. The team goes where Burrow takes them, and that's doubly true for this season. 

Even if the Bengals ARE a high powered passing offense, it's still important to show that they CAN run the ball effectively when they want/need to.  

Weather to mitigate inclement weather, or to slow down an unruly pass rush, sooner or later a situation will dictate that they must run the ball.