Tyler Dragon - Bengals may have found their IOL

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(12-22-2020, 03:05 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Thank you, glad someone said it.

Look, admitting that one game, or even a couple of games, is too short of a window to confidently say you've found your group does not have to mean you're against the idea that these guys could, or should return.  It just means you need a much more to go on.  You need a stretch of games, and a whole lot of stuff behind the scenes (practice, scouting, etc.) to come to that conclussion.

And let's all be honest here, we won the game last night because of the defense and turnovers.  It's not like the offense, or offensive line, dominated.

Our running backs averaged a paltry 3.3 yards a carry.  Our QB threw for 89 yards.  We produced a total of 230 yards.  It's not as if we imposed our will offensively.  We took advantage of turnovers and field position to take an early lead, and then went into protect mode for the rest of the game.

Also, this same group played against the Cowboys did they not?  We got shalacked 30-7.  We put up a total of 7 points against the league's worst defense, and that was with a much better Allen at QB for the majority of the game.  We averaged 3.4 a run in that game.  Where was this great group in that game?

Sorry, like Wire22Wire just said, it's absolutely absurd to think you now have your entire interior line shored up because you won a single game, a game in which you produced 230 yards.  It's laughable.

The Cowboys and especially the Steelers were selling out hard vs the run. You can talk about the average per yard carry but mention it was vs 8 box defenders playing down hill every snap...

Sad thing is the Steelers game was the most open I've seen the Bengals receivers deep this season and Finley could not capitalize.