Ravens parked 2 safeties EVERY PLAY and dared us to run

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(01-20-2023, 02:56 PM)Synric Wrote: It would be incredibly ingenious or catastrophically stupid but they could bring back the gameplan they used against I believe the Jets were they actually ran that 12 personnel wide zone offense undercenter. Heavy wide zone run against those 2 deep safeties rb screens play action when they drop the safety lol. It would protect the offensive line and QB more but they would need to sustain drives and score.

Don't let Nate hear you say that! 

Wide zone isn't really the problem, per se. The Bengals overall are a bad blocking team, Oline and WRs. They seem to whiff more than most other teams. Back to the wide zone; it's not like they can't create creases there, it's that Mixon had/has such a bad habit of missing too many holes. Zone runs are a Bengals staple going way back. They've had so many good cutback runners over the years, Mixon just isn't one of them. 

The annoying part is, watch any game and you'll see one or two good runs out of the zone but overall, they're just not a good blocking team, regardless.