So how did we figure out how to run the ball after the bye last year, and can't run..

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

I said this in the last offseason.

In the Bengals first 9 games, 7 of them were against winning teams.
In the Bengals last 7 games, 1 of them was against a winning team.

They didn't "figure out" anything. They just played worse teams and the two good teams they played after the bye (Ravens, Patriots) blew them out and were happy to let the Bengals run the ball a lot to let the game end quicker. Also got to play the Browns twice when they were at the peak of their Freddie Kitchens meltdown.