Pollack is Intense

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(04-18-2018, 02:17 PM)bengals67 Wrote: Sorry- I watched the games and do not agree.

we have never been able to run against a 3-4 defense for a long time.


Lots of ways to measure the so-called "top 10."

2009:
- 142 yards and 146 yards against the Ravens (both games, Ced went over 100). Broke their still NFL record, of having consecutive games, not allowing a 100 yard rusher.
- 100 yards even against the Stoolers in our wonderful week 3 game.
- Also gashed other teams, but they aren't considered formidable defenses by all.

2010: Our run blocking was atrocious that year.

2011:
- 109 and 104 against the Stoolers.
- 119 and 105 against the Ravens.
- Like 2009, also gashed a bunch of other 3-4 teams, but many wouldn't consider them formidable defenses.

2012:
- 129 and 142 against the Ravens (with Lawfirm as our RB)
- 146 against the Cowboys
- Same as 2009 and 2011.

2013:
- 127 against the Stoolers
- 165 against the Bills
- 120 and 111 against the Ravens
- And same as the previous years

2014:
- 111 against the Ravens
- 116 to the Stoolers
- Not a great defense, but we had 244 against the Browns in the second meeting.
- Killed a lot of 4-3 teams, that year.

2015:
- 124 against the Chefs
- 112 against the Bills
- 108 against the Broncos
- 145 against the Ravens

It hasn't been super consistent, but we have absolutely run well against 3-4 teams, year in, year out. And these are just 100 yard games; I haven't even looked at games that were under 100, but were run at a good YPC

The Stoolers are the main thing; we don't seem to run well on them, but the Ravens is almost a guaranteed 100 yard rushing game. Ditto with the Browns (and we have had some colossally huge rushing games against them).

When your team gives up less pressures in 4 years, than most teams give up in 1.5-2, yeah, I'd say that's a fairly good measurement .