Bengal Injury update

[Essex Johnson]

(01-26-2023, 12:57 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Joe Goodberry posted some good info about the OL pressures allowed vs the Chiefs.

Alex Cappa has played two games against the Chris Jones in his career, giving up a total of just two total pressures.
Max Scharping has started three games against Chris Jones in his career, giving up just four total pressures.

Jonah Williams played three games against the Chiefs over the last two years.
He allowed 4 pressures and a sack in the Week 17 game last year but allowed just one total pressure in the two games against the Chiefs after that.

Adeniji and Carman were absolutely atrocious against the Chiefs last year when they were playing RG. (Luckily, neither is playing that spot this time around).
Carman allowed six total pressures in 20 pass block snaps that game.
Adeniji allowed three total pressures in 24 pass block snaps that game.
In total, the RG spot allowed 9 pressures that game(!!!)

So what are my takeaways with this information?
Hopefully Carman and Adeniji perform better outside this time around than they did last year playing inside. They got manhandled.
It'd be great to have Cappa back, but Scharping might be a quality fill-in to handle Chris Jones.
While some are up and down on Jonah Williams, he might still be the better (or at least less risky) option at LT if he's healthy enough to play without limitation.
I have confidence this postseason clash will have a better OL performance than last year's, overall.

We also are catching Jones playing at maybe the best level he has been playing.. it will be a tall assignment with passing and running but if we can keep him away from creating a turnover we can live with giving up some pressure and a sack