01-24-2024, 08:18 PM
(01-24-2024, 07:15 PM)Joelist Wrote: Which has nothing to do with what I said. The offense started to change before Burrow was injured, specifically once he was more or less fully past the calf. For example, the games against the Colts and 49ers had the offense breaking tendencies a good deal and showing different looks as well:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/they-were-just-guessing-bengals-broke-tendencies-mixed-up-colts-calling-out-plays/ar-AA1lptzh?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=84e7f9ac556746a684d09385a1c014e0&ei=58
I'm hoping we continue this - the moment you get the defense having to think and guess they slow down that critical step and the OL gets an edge.
The obvious answer is that the offense will continuously change year-to-year. The offense in 2020 was different from 2021 to 2022, so-on-and-so-forth. In 2021, Cincinnati played from under center quite a bit in comparison to the past couple of years. They continued this into the early part of 2022 where they ran into various issues, so they started operating out of gun more. This year, it is hard to say what exactly what they wanted to do but my guess is that they wanted to get back to more under center concepts but couldn't because of Burrow's injury early on.
From a high level, the offense is likely going to look pretty similar to what Browning was running down the stretch. Heavy shotgun usage featuring RPOs with playaction and boots under center and a creative screen game.
