Will you resent Burrow...?

[Shake n Blake]

(02-02-2023, 06:19 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: In 2021 Burrow's average intended air yards per attempt was 8.1 and his time to throw was 2.69 seconds, in 2022 those numbers dropped to 6.8 and 2.55.

If you throw it shorter and quicker, pass rushers have less time to get to you. That doesn't mean your OL was good, it means you are gimping your offense to cover up their deficiencies.

It doesn't take a more run centric philosophy to not be terrible at running the ball. The Bengals were 29th in rushing yards per attempt. There aren't 28 teams with run centric philosophies. Just at least be mediocre at running the ball so it's not wasting downs and teams have to somewhat respect it.

I hear ya, but I think we went with the short throws more to combat the constant 2 high safety looks we got all year, rather than due to deficiencies with the line. Fewer sacks was probably an added benefit, but wasn't Joey B still top 10 in YPA?

I think the line did a fine job in pass pro over the last 13 games. Hard to complain about 29 sacks in 13 games, even with a quick time/throw.

Those stats would be similar to when Dalton was around, and no one complained about the pass pro back then. He was just as quick getting the ball out.