If Zac Taylor doesn't evolve, Joe Burrow and the Bengals' 2021 season is already over

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(10-12-2021, 12:39 PM)Synric Wrote: Against the Jaguars the Bengals ran an excellent wide zone scheme with a balanced attack and play action. That was the offense I expected this week but no the Bengals went shotgun and empty and was extremely pass heavy.

The Bengals had 3 rushing attempts in the first half.

Mixon was injured and GB was shorthanded in the secondary, to be fair.  It seemed kind of obvious to at least try to air it out early.  

FWIW, the offense has not been good from play action this year.  On 37 Dropbacks, Burrow is 20/33 for 262 yards, 2 TD's, 3 Int's, and 4 sacks.  Burrow's Completion % and YPA drop from 75% and 7.9 without play action to only 60.6% and 7.9 and the Pressure Rate increases frim 27.3% to 33.3%.

Against GB, on 9 play action Dropbacks, Burrow was 4 of 8 for 24 yards, 1 INT, and 1 Sack.  Obviously, Mixon being injured affects how teams will respect play action, because no DC respects Perrine.