11-27-2017, 05:25 PM
(11-27-2017, 04:39 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Amen.
I love people that think logically
Like we keep saying, 0-10 before yesterday, but the run defense was solid all year.
As far as the Bengals not having success against other teams, it's because Mixon wasn't getting the bulk of the carries and wasn't able to get into a rhythm.
Agree on all accounts.
I'm hoping a late season surge/win streak/even playoff push doesn't make Mike Brown think "oh, we're ok, no need to go after new coaches or free agents or draft linemen."
Mixon finally busted out because we gave him the chance to with enough touches in the run game and the pass game and I think his success fired up the line to play harder and better. Let's hope that his tenacity and success trickles down to every player on the team and they just start playing for each other.
Again, though, their shitty game plans worked in stopping every other team's gameplan that they've faced, so what makes it invalid when we have success against it?
In the past two weeks, Mixon has gotten at least 20 carries against two very good run defenses, who are 1 and 2 in ypc allowed. The results were 49 yards in one and 114 yards in the other. We'll find out over these next 5 games which game was a more accurate indicator. Hopefully, it was the latter because it would really help to open up the offense down the stretch.
