The Bodine Witch Hunt

[NATI BENGALS]

(05-01-2016, 02:21 AM)fredtoast Wrote: bengals throe the ball deep a lot more than most teams in the league.  That hurts the O-line.  Last year the bengal were top 5 in the league in pass plays over 20 yards and over 40 yards.



Yes we do.  In the 9 years since PFF started keeping a "pass blocking efficiency" rating of O-lines the Bengals rank NUMBER ONE in the league, and they have been very consistent ranking in the top 6 in the league every year except one. (this was from the middle of the '15 season when the story about PA was in SI.)

This year PFF had the Bengals as one of only 5 O-lines that ranked in the top 10 in both pass blocking and run blocking.

This year Football Outsiders ranked the Bengals offensive line #1 in the league in run blocking.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ol

Thought you were the one in another thread ripping PFF. And anybody that has us ranked #1 in run blocking is nuts.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13867766/andy-dalton-playing-faster-ever-leading-undefeated-cincinnati-bengals-nfl

Andy Dalton was 2nd to Tom Brady in October of last year. 2nd fastest release time as a rookie. And has gotten better. Thanks Tom House.

I would image the release stat takes into account every drop back. So no matter the deep throws. On average we are getting the ball out faster than damn near everybody.