10-05-2023, 06:07 PM
(10-04-2023, 12:56 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Ok, so the entire world, at this point, knows Joe Burrow has the mobility of a fire hydrant. He can probably put up a 6.25 forty right now, I can probably out run him. He's like the statue of Liberty in the pocket.
So why? In the name of several curse words are we running empty sets? When opposing D's see this they're watering at the mouth like a pack of lions seeing a wildebeest limping across the African plain.
Why in the hell do we for all intents and purposes abandon the run game after the 1st qtr? Why are we not running more pistol formation?
Why do our RB's not named Joe Mixon only have 4 carries thus far this season?
I've tried hard to not put a lot of blame on ZT and BC on our offensive issues because Burrow is limited of course. But I'm switching thinking a good bit.
Is the reason we don't run at all after first couple series because ZT and co. don't call it? Or is JB audibling out of runs? Is the reason we still run open sets (a good bit) because JB wants it/demands it?
The point I'm probably doing a bad job of making is perhaps it's time for ZT to grow a spine and tell JB this is how it's going to be. Protect Joe from Joe and maybe just maybe our chances of winning a game will go up as well.
I thought they would of figured it out before the Titans game, but alas...
We are still having Burrow in empty sets and trying to have 5-7 step drops which is also ridiculous and we are abandoning the run
far too early still. We better get it together against the Cardinals Sunday or it may already be too late and we threw the season away
over an injury we could of prepared much better for.
Burrow is inaccurate because of the injury as well which means we should run it more and run more jumbo packages and such. Drew
Sample has also been a good blocker this year too, so why not use the players to their strengths? This also gets more snaps for a
player like Jackson Carman who clearly needs them and lets Burrow take less hits while healing.
We shouldn't die on the hill of Joe Burrow being the dude he was when completely healthy. Die on a different hill if we are going to
embarrass ourselves. We can at least run block and keep our Defense off the field more often. At least if we execute we can.
