Teams are Blitzing us more

[THE PISTONS]

'What has happened, though, is teams blitzing Burrow without any answers. He has been blitzed on nearly 53% of his dropbacks over the first two weeks and averaged a league-worst 2.1 yards per dropback against extra pressure. A year ago, his 7.8 yards per dropback against blitzes ranked second. Teams were loath to blitz him and get carved up in man coverage against Higgins and Ja'Marr Chase, but it has worked in 2023.'

From: https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/insider/story/_/id/38425127/ranking-0-2-nfl-teams-2023-season-patriots-broncos-bengals-chargers-eliminated-playoffs-super-bowl

Also, last year Burrow was great out of an empty backfield. This year, we're hardly using it.

Another point made in the article was that when we drop 7 defenders into max coverage and don't blitz...it doesn't work. We're league worst.