07-03-2021, 08:25 PM
In online sports blogs and especially on YouTube I see lots of articles about the Bengals’ potential for having a potent offense in 2021 and most of the commentary is positive. That’s good. However, all the talk is about Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase. That’s bad.
Unless Zac Taylor plans to have Joe Burrow throw the ball at least fifty times per game which is an abominably horrible idea, the newly designed offensive line is going to have to perform their run blocking duties far better. A potent offense, after all, is a balanced offense. If the Bengals can’t gash a defense on the ground then going to the air all the time will make the offense one dimensional and therefore predictable.
It has been many years since Cincinnati has had a run game which moves the chains, controls the clock, and punches it in successfully on the goal line. All the best playoff teams in history have this!
Like the commentators on the blogs, I want to see a breakout year from Joe Burrow, Tee Higgins, and Ja’Marr Chase but don’t forget the “other” Joe: Joe Mixon.
Unless Zac Taylor plans to have Joe Burrow throw the ball at least fifty times per game which is an abominably horrible idea, the newly designed offensive line is going to have to perform their run blocking duties far better. A potent offense, after all, is a balanced offense. If the Bengals can’t gash a defense on the ground then going to the air all the time will make the offense one dimensional and therefore predictable.
It has been many years since Cincinnati has had a run game which moves the chains, controls the clock, and punches it in successfully on the goal line. All the best playoff teams in history have this!
Like the commentators on the blogs, I want to see a breakout year from Joe Burrow, Tee Higgins, and Ja’Marr Chase but don’t forget the “other” Joe: Joe Mixon.
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