John Ross

[Shake n Blake]

(03-03-2018, 02:08 PM)CornerBlitz Wrote: Do you have any link to where Lazor put his foot down on PA? I must have missed that. Thanks man. 

http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Alexanders-departure-signals-change-in-run-game/8bf651dc-520e-43e8-bf96-56a2d8d32bdb

Quote:Paul Alexander, who had a left guard last Sunday born the year he took over the Bengals offensive line in 1995, won’t return to the club as Bill Lazor settled into the offensive coordinator’s job in his own right Wednesday.

Alexander was in charge of the run game so it’s a major move that indicates a significant change in how the Bengals approach line play and the ground attack.  They had their worst rushing season ever in the history of the club when it came to net yards, but they are attempting to build on Lazor’s approach that helped them average 4.6 yards per carry and 114 yards per game in the last six games.

If you read between the lines just a bit, "Lazor's approach in the last 6 games" implies that Lazor changed something up.

Then after the season, PA gets fired. PA was in charge of the run game that Lazor changed up midseason. 

Put 2+2 together, and it looks like Lazor and PA clashed, and Lazor won. He switched up the scheme midseason, it proved successful, and the Bengals opted to make that switch permanent and let Lazor pick his own OL guy to keep it rolling.