10-20-2020, 03:21 PM
(10-19-2020, 08:11 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: But did you?
Because I pointed out in the offseason that the second half of the schedule was SIGNIFICANTLY easier than the first half. The only two teams that were any good absolutely stomped the Bengals.
Yes I did.
I was not talking about the entire team. I was just talking about the run defense.
First half of the season our run game was not only dead last in the league, but on pace to be one of the worst in recent history. We averaged 50.9 yards per game and 3.2 yards per carry with 0 rushing tds from any of our running backs. We even sucked against bad run defenses
34 yds against Seattle's 22nd ranked run defense
25 yds against San Francisco's 17th ranked run defense
33 yds against Jacksonville's 28th ranked run defense.
Second half of the season we increased our production by over 150% (130.1 ypg), were 6th in the league in rushing yards, and top half of the league in yards per carry (4.43). Mixon had 5 rushing tds and we crushed poor run defenses. We also produce well against good run defenses including 173 yards against Oakland's 8th ranked run defense (in a one score game) and 164 yards against New England's 6th ranked run defense.
