Bengals FA Plan - What was it, was it good?

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(03-29-2021, 03:21 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: IMO I don’t think we had a chance of keeping Lawson even if we wanted to. He saw the way we handled one of his mentors and franchise greats at his position, why would he come back here if he could make the same money elsewhere?

As for WJ3, I don’t think he fit the scheme. Now, becoming dedicated to a scheme of a coach who will most likely be gone halfway thru the season is dumb, but if they are committed, Jackson didn’t fit the zone heavy coverage.

One thing I liked about the free agency was the goal of improved depth on the secondary. It’s something we desperately need, but it certainly wasn’t priority 1 or even priority 2. It’s a bit of a head scratcher but I get what they were going for. No more Webb or Sims running out there will be nice.

Should’ve put some more money into the OL and possibly another edge rusher (still time for that). Too many holes to fill in one offseason, but they kept the ship afloat so to speak while addressing defensive depth.

Actually the FA plan is pretty easy to see and on its face it is a logical one - bring in players proficient in the schemes the coaches want to run. 

We let WJIII go, who although not bad in man was not good in zone. We brought in 3 CB and a safety who all are good in zone coverages. We have BADLY needed to overhaul the secondary cupboard for a while - well we did it. On the DL the utter lack of pass rush THAT ACTUALLY ARRIVED AT THE QB was a killer issue. Hendrickson actually finishes the play on pass rush and Ogunjobi restores the inside pass rush we sorely lacked. And Hilton adds a real pass rush presence out of the secondary as well. 

Offensively there is no way to get around it - Reiff is a big upgrade at RT. As to Guard, resigning Spain was a good move too. We have stats around here in two different threads but the gist is once Spain and XSF were both in there at Guard the interior line problems abruptly ceased. Here are excerpts:

Quote:Miami was the last game we played where we had MJ in at Guard; XSF came back starting the next game and played through seasons end. 


In the Miami game we gave up 6 sacks - it was also when Jordan Williams got hurt so the line was flip flopped again. 

In the 4 games after that we gave up a TOTAL of 2 sacks 9 hits and 11 pressures. And if you remember yes Finley made a big play and we won but be stunk back there as a passer. The Rat fiasco was more nonexistent run defense and badly depleted skill positions on offense where the O had no ability to sustain drives. 

So....yes once we had XSF and Spain in at G the interior line improved in both run and pass protection.

And credit to rflaulk34 for this:

Quote:Wasn't really sure where to put this, so i guess here is as good a place as any.


Pass efficiency and pressures per snap--higher number is wanted.
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Hopkins --- 98.9 eff, 1 pressure per 50 snaps, 600 snaps, 1 sack, 1 hit, 10 hurries, 12 pressures
Price ------- 98.0 eff, 1 pressure per 35 snaps, 138 snaps, 1 sack, 1 hit, 2 hurries, 4 pressures
XSF -------- 98.0 eff, 1 pressure per 31 snaps, 155 snaps, 1 sack, 1 hit, 3 hurries, 5 pressures
Spain ------ 97.4 eff, 1 pressure per 22 snaps, 327 snaps, 1 sack, 4 hits, 10 hurries, 15 pressures
J-Will ------ 97.2 eff, 1 pressure per 21 snaps, 429 snaps, 3 sacks, 6 hits, 11 hurries, 20 pressures
Redmond - 97.0 eff, 1 pressure per 21 snaps, 278 snaps, 3 sacks, 2 hits, 8 hurries, 13 pressures
Fred ------- 96.0 eff, 1 pressure per 15 snaps, 293 snaps, 2 sacks, 5 hits, 13 hurries, 20 pressures
MJ --------- 96.0 eff, 1 pressure per 14 snaps, 499 snaps, 3 sacks, 15 hits, 17 hurries, 35 pressures
Hart ------- 95.4 eff, 1 pressure per 13 snaps, 552 snaps, 4 sacks, 8 hits, 32 hurries, 44 pressures
Hak-Ad --- 94.4 eff, 1 pressure per 13 snaps, 150 snaps, 4 sacks, 2 hits, 6 hurries, 12 pressures
**Reiff---- 97.9 eff, 1 pressure per 27 snaps, 567 snaps, 1 sack, 7 hits, 13 hurries, 21 pressures
The average offensive lineman will have an efficiency rating of 97.4 and give up 1 pressure per 23 snaps, on 502 snaps.


Hit percentage (percentage of the time you allow the QB to be sacked or hit--lower number is wanted)
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Hopkins --- .003%
XSF -------- .012%
Price ------- .014%
Spain ------ .015%
Redmond - .017%
J-Will ------ .020%
Hart ------- .021%
Fred ------- .023%
MJ --------- .036%
Hak-Ad --- .040%
**Reiff---- .014%
The average offensive lineman will have a Hit Percentage around .015%