10-20-2020, 09:44 PM
(10-20-2020, 09:02 PM)ochocincos Wrote: For comparison to 2019:
2019 -> 2020
Offense - 30th 26th
OffYds - 26th 25th
PaYds - 19th 18th
PaTDs - 28th 27th
RuYds - 25th 24th
RuTDs - 26th 17th
Defense - 25th 17th
DefYds - 29th 25th
PaYds - 21st 22nd
PaTDs - 17th 14th
RuYds - 32nd 27th
RuTDs - 27th 17th
So in nearly every category, the Bengals have improved. That's a good thing. The problem is their improvement hasn't been a big enough improvement. At this rate, they won't be Top 10 for at least another couple years.
I don’t think you can call that improvement in the sense that one or two positions in rankings is just a quarter of football. I think you have to look at it more in tiers. Top tier would be Top 5, then playoff contender, then maybe like good but not quite there and then the just not a good team tier.
Anything 25 and lower is not good tier: Offense, Oyds, Ptds, Dyds, DRyds
Good but not quite there 24 -15: Pyds, Ryds, Rtds, Defense, DPyds, DRtds
Playoff contender: DPtds
Top 5 tier:
So, looks like we’re solidly at the top of the bottom tier, maybe moving into the not quite there tier. The only thing that’s really moved the needle on offense or defense is rushing touchdowns. Everything else is really right in line with last season.
