People keep bashing the offense

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(11-22-2017, 10:37 AM)Beaker Wrote: I get frustrated watching our D when facing 3rd down and 7 or more yards. That is a situation that should favor the D. But the Bengals will consistently rush four, and drop the LBs back beyond the line to gain for a first down. I am assuming the philosophy is to keep the play in front of you and make the tackle before the 1st down marker. But other teams are eating us up, and all seem to know we do this.

That 10 yard patch of open space between the Lbs and the D line allows teams to throw a 7 yard cross, and then it turns into who closes the 3 yard gap faster....the offensive player or the D. The answer is the offensive player more times than not. They know where they are going the instant they catch the ball. The D player has to determine the direction, and in that millisecond difference, the advantage has gone to the offensive player to make the first down. Combine that with missed tackles and you have other teams converting third and longs on us consistently.

Next game watch how many times the Bengals D plays third and longs this way. You can bet if I notice it, then OCs that face us certainly do also and gameplan for it. Its very frustrating, and contributes heavily, I think, to adding to opposing offense's TOP.

Agreed.....as has been noted numerous times....you can solely blame the offense, IF the defense could get off the field in the first half.  I mean, we're seeing teams with opening drives approaching 10 minutes.  I fail to see how that is on the offense.

As I said earlier in the thread, both units are subpar.