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(02-27-2023, 10:20 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: This is an interesting and sort of depressing take about our OL. Did the Cappa/Collins/Karras/Volson line + Jonah returning improve or was it really about Burrow just getting the ball out faster? I'd still like to think if we had a healthy OL in the playoffs we could have gone to the Super Bowl.

Can't definitively answer that, but it is a fact that in 2021 Burrow had a 2.69 time to throw, and in 2022 he had a 2.55. Doesn't sound like a ton, but 2.69 in 2022 would be a 3-way tie for 10th, while his 2.55 was 2nd fastest.

Burrow also attempted 1.3 less air yards per pass attempt in 2022 than he did in 2021 (went from 8.1 to 6.8).

So he was throwing it much quicker, and throwing it much shorter. Both can help hide poor OL play.