(11-04-2022, 08:31 PM)Tlawsonmariat82 Wrote: They had all of those receivers and the qb last year to,wanna the reason they had more success in that season than the current season??at least last season they tried to run the football and be more balanced..

(11-06-2022, 06:03 PM)Tlawsonmariat82 Wrote: Look what happens when you at least try to run the football a marvelous display of how to keep a defense on it's heels..

(11-06-2022, 06:15 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: The Bengals have been trying to run the football all season. It just didn’t work. Today, it did.

(11-06-2022, 06:15 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: The Bengals have been trying to run the football all season. It just didn’t work. Today, it did.

(11-06-2022, 06:45 PM)Tlawsonmariat82 Wrote: No the bengals haven't focused on the run all year until today..first time in twelve personel since 2nd half vs jets I hardly call anything they've done up until today trying to run the football..

(11-06-2022, 06:45 PM)Tlawsonmariat82 Wrote: No the bengals haven't focused on the run all year until today..first time in twelve personel since 2nd half vs jets I hardly call anything they've done up until today trying to run the football..

(11-06-2022, 09:26 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: You're letting the success today sway your opinion. When the backups came in, Mixon had 20 carries, Taylor had two carries and Perine had one carry. So, 23 carries in total. Over the first four weeks of the season, Cincinnati averaged 23.5 carries per game for the first four weeks, excluding QB scrambles. Hell, Mixon had 27 carries in week one. Cincinnati had the 11th most rushing attempts in the league through the first four weeks. They have been trying, it just didn't work. 

(11-06-2022, 09:26 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: You're letting the success today sway your opinion. When the backups came in, Mixon had 20 carries, Taylor had two carries and Perine had one carry. So, 23 carries in total. Over the first four weeks of the season, Cincinnati averaged 23.5 carries per game for the first four weeks, excluding QB scrambles. Hell, Mixon had 27 carries in week one. Cincinnati had the 11th most rushing attempts in the league through the first four weeks. They have been trying, it just didn't work. 

(11-07-2022, 12:01 AM)Tlawsonmariat82 Wrote: What you guys get wrong is not the rushing attempts it's the formations from which the runs were called..most of the running plays were called from 11 personnel in which burrow line up from under center in which we ran 88% of the time..

That formation was hand tipping to the defense that coaches watched film extensively thinking it was something Mixon was doing to tip the defense..

I've been screaming all along to the top of my lungs that we needed more heavy formations to have the success we was seeking running the football, and today we finally got it;we went twelve, we i-formation,we even went 3 tight ends ..would love to see more diversity in the running game going forward very happy with the coaches today ? 

(11-07-2022, 12:25 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: Right, you’re moving the goalposts here. Instead of “they haven’t been trying to run the ball” it is really “they haven’t been trying to run the ball the way that I wanted them to”. One is a fact, the other is an opinion.

Factually, you’re wrong. They have tried, and failed. Whether they did it the way you wanted them to is irrelevant to that discussion.

(11-07-2022, 12:01 AM)Tlawsonmariat82 Wrote: What you guys get wrong is not the rushing attempts it's the formations from which the runs were called..most of the running plays were called from 11 personnel in which burrow line up from under center in which we ran 88% of the time..

That formation was hand tipping to the defense that coaches watched film extensively thinking it was something Mixon was doing to tip the defense..

I've been screaming all along to the top of my lungs that we needed more heavy formations to have the success we was seeking running the football, and today we finally got it;we went twelve, we i-formation,we even went 3 tight ends ..would love to see more diversity in the running game going forward very happy with the coaches today ? 

(11-07-2022, 12:01 AM)Tlawsonmariat82 Wrote: What you guys get wrong is not the rushing attempts it's the formations from which the runs were called..most of the running plays were called from 11 personnel in which burrow line up from under center in which we ran 88% of the time..

That formation was hand tipping to the defense that coaches watched film extensively thinking it was something Mixon was doing to tip the defense..

I've been screaming all along to the top of my lungs that we needed more heavy formations to have the success we was seeking running the football, and today we finally got it;we went twelve, we i-formation,we even went 3 tight ends ..would love to see more diversity in the running game going forward very happy with the coaches today ? 

(11-07-2022, 01:04 AM)Tlawsonmariat82 Wrote: No it's not irrelevant,what they've done in the running game is equivalent to lining up with one receiver formations and attempt to be air coreyell makes absolutely no sense..

(11-07-2022, 01:04 AM)Tlawsonmariat82 Wrote: No it's not irrelevant,what they've done in the running game is equivalent to lining up with one receiver formations and attempt to be air coreyell makes absolutely no sense..

(11-07-2022, 10:30 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: What I loved and have been asking to see since #74 was "eligible" (Good ol' Dennis Roland) was to see a pass play out of the run-heavy formation and they did it yesterday!  I forget who the pass went to....might have been the one to Assiasi (that he again dropped) but it completely fooled the defense.  

It seems like they did some real self-scouting and came up with some trend-breakers.  I hope that "trend" continues.  They don't need to throw it 50 times against pitt and their pathetic offense.  

(11-07-2022, 10:30 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: What I loved and have been asking to see since #74 was "eligible" (Good ol' Dennis Roland) was to see a pass play out of the run-heavy formation and they did it yesterday!  I forget who the pass went to....might have been the one to Assiasi (that he again dropped) but it completely fooled the defense.  

It seems like they did some real self-scouting and came up with some trend-breakers.  I hope that "trend" continues.  They don't need to throw it 50 times against pitt and their pathetic offense.  

(11-07-2022, 10:37 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: Neither does your analogy. Lining up with more wide receivers and spreading the defense out is a genuine strategy to improve your run game as it gives you a lighter box. Again, Cincinnati has tried to run the ball, they just failed. 


12 personnel? Yeah, they ran it in week one. They didn't have success.

I-Formation? Yeah, they ran that in week one as well. No success. 

Jumbo? Yeah, they ran that in week one, too. This did result in a big run for Mixon. 

I'm not sure what else to tell you. You're letting the success of yesterday blind you and make you believe that Cincinnati did new and wonderful things. They didn't, they just finally had success doing them.