Maybe QB isn't our biggest problem?

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(10-12-2019, 11:27 AM)OswaldsLegacy Wrote: I also think Zimmer showed a great blue print in facing these types of QBs.  Look at what he did to RGIII when we faced them a few years back.  Kept him in the pocket and played disciplined coverage.  Couldn't scramble, couldn't take off and run and no wide open WRs for him to throw the ball to.  Stats went downhill that game.

Not to derail this fine thread — and we need a separate thread on defense — but with a bad offensive line it’s simple to game plan against Andy Dalton but a smart defensive coordinator will do the opposite of what the brilliant Mike Zimmer did to contain RGIII. While the secret to defeating RGIII was keeping him in the pocket, the secret to containing Andy Dalton is to collapse the pocket, make him throw on the run, and force him to make those throws into tight man coverage. Combine this with the Bengals’ lack of a rushing attack and we arrive at the inescapable conclusion that Cincinnati has a scoring ceiling of 17-21 points per game.

The facts are there. Andy has been sacked 20 times which is the most of any quarterback in 2019. He’s thrown eight touchdown passes against four interceptions while throwing for over 1400 yards in five games. Good as he is, he can’t make up for the lack of a run game with his arm alone. 1400 yards is a lot for five games and it means when Andy does get time to throw — and someone is open — he makes the most of it.