Blame the run game

[SunsetBengal]

(11-27-2023, 02:33 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: Okay maybe we are not necessarily disagreeing. I believe we have the personnel to achieve better run production was all I was really saying. I do think we need to get more dynamic at the RB position going forward. I think most of our struggles are from our coaching philosophy. Having said that I'm not sure how much a more dynamic running back would be affected by said philosophy. I think that's where we need the most change.

I do agree that there is nothing wrong with the bodies on the field, nearly as much as the scheme and play calling are not allowing them to develop any sort of rhythm running the ball.

Look at it like this, last year when Jackson was out from the Ravens, they were still a very strong team.  They were on the very edge of sending the Bengals home in the Wildcard round, if it weren't for a great individual effort on the part of Sam Hubbard.  

Why were the Ravens still a good team without their franchise QB?  Because their HC believes in the fundamental value of building a good football team from the inside out.  They select the best, most hard nosed blockers and tacklers that they can find, provide them with excellent coaching to fully develop the fine points of their game, and implement a play scheme that wears other teams down and essentially 'beats them into submission'.

The Bengals rarely even go into "physical mode", where they just line up and implement their will on the other team.  We've seen flashes of in the SF game, the Buffalo game, etc.  But when they go against their own division rivals, he pisses down his leg and puts them back into shotgun repeatedly.  The team simply must be able to go toe to toe with divisional opponents, as well as be able to move the ball on the ground in order to win championships.