04-26-2017, 02:01 PM
(04-26-2017, 01:46 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: In Marv's 7 playoff games...
- We've never seen our offense post more than 17 points
- Our best passer rating by any of the 4 QBs was 68.3, which is awful
- We've allowed 375.4 yards per game, which would've been tied for 27th in total defense with the Saints last year
- Opposing passers have a 102.4 rating overall which would've ranked 31st in the league last year
- We've allowed 162.6 yards rushing per game, which would've ranked 31st in the league last year
- We've been outscored 96 to 29 in the 2nd half.
- We've allowed 25.1 points per game, which would've been tied for 26th in the league last year
- We've scored an average of 12.9 points per game, which would've been dead last in the league last year, more than a full point behind the Rams
You use injuries as excuses for the Steelers and Colts games, but ignore the fact that the Colts were down to Dan Herron and Zurlon Tipton at RB (those 2 burned us for 187 yards combined) and the Steelers were down also down to 3rd and 4th string RBs (Todman and Toussaint, who burned us for 183 yards) and were also without Ben for a stretch.
We aren't the only team dealing with injuries come playoff time, and considering how horribly the team has performed, I doubt having more players healthy would've made much difference.
Great work! Those numbers show my main point that the Bengals meltdown in playoff games. We could go into a playoff team with a Top 5 defense...and not play like one in the playoffs.
We find a way to lose...even units like the defense that have no injuries.
Bottom line: In the playoffs we can't score and we can't stop the other team from moving the ball.
