05-11-2019, 11:46 AM
(05-11-2019, 11:24 AM)fredtoast Wrote: It was more lack of receivers.
Coles and Caldwell could not do anything even against single coverage. And we had zero receiving threat at TE (Foschie, Coats) or RB (Benson). So teams just bracketed Chad and shut down our passing game.
We were a run heavy team through the first 9 weeks, but with Henry in the lineup our passing game ranked 10th in tds, 13th in efficiency rating, and 18th in yards per game. Over the final 8 games (against much weaker defenses) it dropped to 27th in tds, 21st in efficiency, and 30th in yards. Chad was the only Bengal with more than 130 receiving yards in the second half of that season.
In the playoff loss Palmer threw for 146 yards and had a 58.3 rating.
Spot on assessment of the 2009 team. I remember watching them thinking this team isn’t great from a talent standpoint and I’m not sure how long this will last. I remember we used to bring in Dennis Roland as an extra tackle to run the football. Daniel Coats was brutal to watch the guy couldn’t catch a cold had hands of stone.
