Hoping Bengals RUN OFTEN Preseason Game 1

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(08-04-2021, 01:26 PM)kevin Wrote: If they can not Run Block or Run the ball in 2021, they can not pass block or pass or win in 2021.  Get these big moon pies flying out there run blocking. Inside, Outside, hit the other team.  Use all the running backs in camp. Use all the Blockers in camp. The game does not count, so go Woody Hayes and see if Bengals have any kind of a running game against Tampa.

Also, if Burrow is still gimpy and Reiff is injured, Burrow should see only a few snaps, if any.  Let these Big 300 pound Blockers FIRE OUT and ATTACK with Run Blocking.  Yes, mix in some drop back Pass Blocking, but mostly work on the Running Plays.  Coach Taylor out of need or out of design is too pass, pass, pass and that gets quarterbacks killed.  The Bengals better learn how to Run The Ball, and Preseason Game One is a good place to start.  Pass Blocking is drop back passive.  Run Blocking is smash mouth aggressive. See if these big meatballs can Fire Forward on the snap and Hit and Block somebody.  Find out who is strong enough for The NFL, and who is too weak for The NFL. Then cut and fire the weak blockers. Build Burrow a Strong O Line.

I agree that run blocking will be important for this team, and there is an expectation that Pollack being back improves this area of the offense.
However, I'm just not sold that they have the right players to have a really good run game.
The best run blocker out of all the projected starters (Williams, Spain, Hopkins, XSF, and Reiff) had a 62.4 run blocking grade on PFF, which was Spain.

Spain - 62.4 (283 run block snaps)
Hopkins - 62.1 (338 run block snaps)
Reiff - 60.8 (436 run block snaps)
Williams - 53.4 (205 run block snaps)
XSF - 52.1 (138 run block snaps)

Maybe Pollack can turn water into wine, but I'm not expecting more than a middle-of-the-pack running game this season.