Thoughts after a few weeks...

[TheBengalsMind]

I've got a few thoughts of my own.

First, I see a lot of people clamor for the next man up at the QB position. I think it'd more then likely lead to bad results.

My reasoning is just looking at the projections after two weeks.

Dalton is on pace for 744 passes (A NFL record) to 488 completions (A NFL record) for 5,832 yards (A NFL record), 32 TD's, 8 interceptions, a 65.6 completion percentage, 99.3 QBR, 72 sacks.

Do I think Dalton will keep this pace? No, simply because 72 sacks is a lot.

But just how many more yards and TD's are people thinking Ryan Finley as a rookie would get?

Are you expecting him to be on pace for 7,000 yards and 64 TD's? Do people not realize just how ridiculous they sound?

2. I'm not putting the blame on Zac Taylor.

Zac Taylor had nothing to do with the line becoming this bad.

I put that squarely were the blame belongs on the management. They went 0-4 trying to build this line.

I'm talking about Jake Fisher, Cedric Ogbuehi, Billy Price and not signing Andrew Whitworth. Zac Taylor had nothing to do with any of that.

Really with Jonah Williams, unfortunate injury, we're 0-5.

All they had to do was hit 2 out of the 5.

Can you imagine Williams (if he didn't get injured), Whitworth, Hopkins (our best linemen this year), Glenn and Smith?

It might not be great, but we'd be in a much better situation than we are.

Zac had nothing to do with the previous 3 straight losing seasons.

3. Having said that. How they respond in this next game is crucial.

The team has continually spoke glowingly about Zac and I have no indication that they feel otherwise in the slightest.

But are they gonna give up or are they gonna do what Zac has been preaching about being together, having confidence and being aggressive?

4. 29.5 yards rushing is unacceptable. I understand the offensive line has had there woes, but your telling we can't even average 60 yards a game?

We're on pace for 472 rushing yards on the year.

On average, the worst non-QB rushing team wins 5 games a season from 1978 to 2018. This year, so far, we are the worst. The most games ever won with the worst rush offense? 11 games. The 1986 Patriots. The only playoff team ever with that stat, since 1978 I believe.

Most of the time they're in the running for the number 1 pick.

Having a winning season is hard when an entire aspect of your offensive play calling is this unreliable.

I'm still rooting for them and I hope they get win number 1 this week.