Let’s talk about the ugly baby with loose diarrhea in the room, the run game. This aspect of the Cincinnati offense sucks worse than an EF-5 tornado and it is the reason the Bengals’ time of possession is calculated with a femtosecond laser. It’s that short.

Joe Mixon and Giovani Bernard are getting stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey at or behind the line of scrimmage on nearly every run play. Not only are the linemen not hitting secondary blocks, they’re missing their primary assignments now too. To my eye the line is getting worse at run blocking.

There are no gaps. Period.

It’s stunning that management willingly accepts this.

(11-19-2017, 10:35 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Let’s talk about the ugly baby with loose diarrhea in the room, the run game.  This aspect of the Cincinnati offense sucks worse than an EF-5 tornado and it is the reason the Bengals’ time of possession is calculated with a femtosecond laser.  It’s that short.

Joe Mixon and Giovani Bernard are getting stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey at or behind the line of scrimmage on nearly every run play.  Not only are the linemen not hitting secondary blocks, they’re missing their primary assignments now too.  To my eye the line is getting worse at run blocking.  

There are no gaps.  Period.

Today- 26 carries, 49 yards (1.88 YPC)
@ Titans- 14 carries, 53 yards (3.79 YPC)
@ Jags- 17 carries, 29 yards (1.71 YPC)
vs Colts- 21 carries, 58 yards (2.76 YPC)
vs Bills- 27 carries, 65 yards (2.41 YPC)

Worst run game in Bengals history.

Can this guy be our color commentator on the run game?

Maybe that Jeremy Hill guy wasn't so bad after all.

WTS, we need to run the QB more. Andy is capable and it loosens up the D. The Lazor honeymoon is over.

(11-19-2017, 10:50 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Maybe that Jeremy Hill guy wasn't so bad after all.

WTS, we need to run the QB more. Andy is capable and it loosens up the D. The Lazor honeymoon is over.

If it is well timed, yes.  Otherwise it is an unnecessary hit for Andy to be taking.  He takes too many shots as it is.

They miss Anderson. He liked his power backs but at least he knew how to spot one that wanted to be one. Now they are prone to liking power backs that want to be scat backs. And with this line that's east west running isn't going to work. Remember how bad we said the line was last year, yet Rex could find the holes.

Rex isn't a power back but he could get North and South decisively.

(11-19-2017, 10:55 PM)jj22 Wrote: They miss Anderson. He liked his power backs but at least he knew how to spot one that wanted to be one. Now they are prone to liking power backs that want to be scat backs. And with this line that's east west running isn't going to work. Remember how bad we said the line was last year, yet Rex could find the holes.

Rex isn't a power back but he could get North and South decisively.

Yeah but haven't commentators said before our O-Line is more for open field blocking than power blocking.

It's a combo of matching backs with scheme as well.

Unfortunately these O-Line player's just really suck, so...

I said it another thread. The reason Rex was successful is because there was no hesitation in his game. Get the ball, find a crease, and hit it. Get 2 to 3 yards every play and sometimes catch your balance on the other side of the line and gain more. I like Bernard but he's too little. These d-lineman get a hold of him and toss him like a rag doll. Mixon is too slow. I wonder what the new Hill is like?

And that's the main reason this team has no hope of making the playoffs.

And even if all the stars line up, the football gods smile on us, and hell freezes over and we end up 8-8 and back into the playoffs.

Does anybody think anything but 0-8 is realistic with no running game at all ?

I noticed Jim McNally on the sidelines today. I had never noticed him before.

God please give us the OT from Oklahoma next year.......Orlando Brown.......one tackle problem solved...........

It's amazing how much better this offense would look with even an average Oline. 

(11-19-2017, 11:35 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: It's amazing how much better this offense would look with even an average Oline. 

I'm pretty convinced that guys off the street with NO tutelage by Alexander would be an improvement.

Sure they might not know plays but damn they gotta have better technique than these buffoons.

(11-19-2017, 11:40 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: I'm pretty convinced that guys off the street with NO tutelage by Alexander would be an improvement.

Sure they might not know plays but damn they gotta have better technique than these buffoons.

Yep. I can't even begin to imagine that 5 free agents, signed this week, would do worse than the current 5 against Cleveland.

(11-19-2017, 11:35 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: It's amazing how much better this offense would look with even an average Oline. 

Makes you sick doesn't it ? If this team just had an average O-line this would be a playoff team.

Continuing to trot out the same sorry excuse for a line. Hell losing one. Replacing him with a washed up vet to stand on the sidelines in shoulder pads. And doing nothing is just nuts.

Two young guys that had some nice run blocks this preseason continue to be inactive.

(11-19-2017, 11:00 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Yeah but haven't commentators said before our O-Line is more for open field blocking than power blocking.

It's a combo of matching backs with scheme as well.

Unfortunately these O-Line player's just really suck, so...

Hum, an open field blocking line. All they gotta do is let the defense by them, then there's just open field in front of them. So that's what they are doing out there.

That's a better explanation for our line's failure than anything coming out of the organization.

(11-19-2017, 11:58 PM)BengalChris Wrote: Hum, an open field blocking line. All they gotta do is let the defense by them, then there's just open field in front of them. So that's what they are doing out there.

That's a better explanation for our line's failure than anything coming out of the organization.

Yeah that's why when we attempt a screen pass it almost never works.

The blockers are lost somewhere in the open field not knowing who to block.

Like walkers on The Walking Dead...  but with out purpose.