Why Do Bengals Give Up More 3rd Downs Than Any NFL Team ?

[HarleyDog]

(10-20-2018, 03:38 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Austin has a blitz heavy defense that isn’t generating pressure. I’m on my phone so I can’t go digging right now but Cincinnati has one of the worst pressure rates in the league when blitzing, and it shows. There is zero pressure, which leaves our DBs and LBers on an island, which they will typically lose.

Just for reference, Ben was 20-32 for 178 yards and a 78 QB rating when Austin didn’t blitz. When Austin called a blitz, Ben was 12-14 for 184 yards and 142.6 rating.

This defense isn’t built to blitz very well. Our LBers aren’t good pass rushers and when we blitz, it’s more likely to give up a big play than to get a stop.

Interesting. However, we have to take into consideration (I'm being serious) the allowable holding and size of Pittsburgh's front line. I would be interested in seeing the stats from other contests. I will agree we are not getting the pressure we should be, but most stats against the steelers are really worthless with the bias in place.