Running Mixon Is The Key To Victory!

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(11-07-2022, 04:46 PM)kevin Wrote: Because unlike at Cleveland and some other games in 2021,  Zac Taylor called some hand offs for a change.  The Blockers can NOT Fire Off if every play is Red Rover dancing backwards Pass Blocking.  THE RUN let them Fire Off and PANCAKE people.    Mixon and Perine can NOT rush for Yards if Zac never calls RUNNING PLAYS.   and Joe Burrow is the most Sacked QB in the NFL and Bengals don't have TIME to PASS if Zac calls THE PASS every play. 

The answer is NOT to run Mixon every play, nor is the answer to have Burrow pass every play.  To WIN in the AFC NORTH you need a 50 / 50 mix of Run and Pass.   At the end of the game there should be about as many runs as there were passes, and THAT is how you WIN in the AFC NORTH, and THAT is how Bengals WON yesterday against Carolina.  Much Better than 6 days earlier against Cleveland when Zac Taylor went Arena League or Madden Video Game and called Pass just about every play, and Cleveland kicked Bengals butts hard for it. 

The Monday Night Game Announcers didn't understand Zac Game Plan.   The Sunday game announcers said they questioned Zac about his All Pass Game Plan that didn't work.  The Announcers raved about Zac actually calling Hand Offs against Panthers and how THIS is how you get THE MOST out of an O LINE and Runners and Receivers and Burrow.  You MIX IN THE RUN WITH THE PASS.  

So there is room on this team for both Joe's, and the Run sets up the pass and the pass sets up the run.   There were good Runs also by Perine and some nice WR End Runs.  Also Zac called some Lombardi like pulling guard POWER SWEEPS sealing off Defense to Right and Left to create a seal and a Running Lane.   But it was NOT all Run either.  The RUN gave Burrow time to hit Higgins and Boyd and Hurst and Others. 

To WIN going forward, the Bengals can NOT be ONE DIMENSIONAL.  They need to use ALL their weapons on Offense,  not just Pass, Pass, Pass. not just Run, Run, Run.   There is NO REASON for AFC CHAMP Bengals to be ONE DIMENSIONAL.  They have the Runners and The Passing Game to MIX IT UP and THAT will keep Defenses OFF BALANCE, unable to just line up to Sack Burrow every play.   Some teams HAVE to be ONE DIMENSIONAL.  The AFC CHAMP BENGALS have the team to Run and Pass and ATTACK DEFENSES from ALL DIRECTIONS and THAT is how BENGALS can still Make PLAY-OFFS.  THAT is how you WIN in the AFC NORTH.  This is not Touch Football West Coast Surf and Turf, this is the frozen tundra of The AFC NORTH going into Winter, and to WIN in The NORTH, you must RUN AND PASS of EQUAL AMOUNTS. 

Now if I was playing Madden Video, I would pass every play because the game is designed that way.  But The AFC NORTH is more HARD NOSED and MORE SMASH MOUTH HARD HITTING than Madden Video. So Pass every play does NOT work in real life of AFC North, nor would Run every play.   Coaches from Paul Brown to Chuck Noll discovered the AFC NORTH weather and teams demand that to WIN you must RUN and PASS of Equal Amounts.

GO BENGALS

Stop it, Kevin.