So long Marvin

[BengalHawk62]

(09-15-2017, 08:00 AM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Firing Marvin Lewis would help a little. Firing Ken Zampese would help a little more. Firing Paul Alexander would help a lot. The Cincinnati Bengals are one offensive line away from being one of the best teams in the league.

First of all, props to Paul Guenther and the defense, especially the run defense. They have allowed only 16.5 points on average so far this season and that's acceptable. I expect this statistic to improve in Week Four when Vontaze Burfict returns to the lineup.

However, an NFL offense should be able to score more than 17 points per game. That's the problem. Ken Zampese was a borderline quarterback coach and he doesn't have the mental skill set to be an offensive coordinator.

Bob Bratkowski was better. There; I said it!

Paul Alexander is the weakest link. The NFL blocking technique has changed drastically over the past 30 years but Paul is stuck in the 1990s. Even Paul Brown had a better blocking scheme in Cleveland 60 years ago. The 1950s Paul Brown directional blocking scheme would still be effective in 2018.* The 1990s "back up and resist" technique doesn't work. It worked against smaller defensive linemen and slower linebackers but did you see JJ Watt and Jadeveon Clowney last night? These men aren't unique anymore. Every team has players like this now and Paul Alexander still uses the same old same old...

...which brings me to Cedric Ogbuehi. I'm not upset with him. It's not Cedric's fault the Bengals drafted him and ruined his technique. He was, after all, a top rated draft prospect but the Bengals forgot one little thing: Who was Cedric blocking for?

Johnny Manziel.

Is Johnny a pocket passer? No. Is he mobile? Yes. Does a lineman have to sustain blocks if a quarterback is mobile? No. The next time the Bengals draft linemen, they need to look at schools with quarterbacks with similar skill sets to Andy Dalton. Blocking for Johnny Manziel isn't representative of what an NFL linemen should do.




*I have already written 2017 off.

This hit the nail on the head. All of it, but especially the part about Ced O. Trying to out a square peg in a round hole. That's been the Bengals MO for a long time now. Just sad. The 2018 NFL Draft season has officially begun here in Cincinnati.