10-14-2021, 11:50 PM
It has been a weird season for the offense. We have a lot more talent than we did last year, but Burrow has also played a couple of games that looked worse than last year. Burrow could have easily had 4 picks against Green Bay, and opening day he bounced a pass off a defenders hands that Boyd caught.
Our Offensive line is better, but still not good. We still have holes in the middle at RG an OC, but our OTs and Spain are playing MUCH better than last year. Run blocking is okay, but it stinks in short yardage situations. We are 31st in the league in converting third-and-short (1-2 yds) I think we just need to start throwing on those short yardage situations. Pass blocking is a little better than it looked early on. On Burrow's first 10 sacks this year he had at least 3 seconds to throw the ball. But Green Bay was getting way too much pressure. I really like the potential of both Carman and Smith, but I don't think we will get anything really impressive from either of them this year. Hopefully it will work out like '11 when Boling was forced to start as a rookie and struggled.
At TE Uzomah is a HUGE upgrade over Sample.
Last year A J Green put up some of the worst numbers in history for a WR with at least 100 targets. We replaced one of the worst with one of the very best in Chase. Boyd and Higgins are good enough to give us one of the best trios in the league.
Mixon is running well except in the crucial short yardage.
Burrow is one of the most talented QBs in the league. He just needs to be more consistent.
I am not saying we are a 30 point a game team. That is top 5 in the league. But we we should be doing a lot better than we are. Despite playing 2 overtime periods we are still just 18th in points and 25th in yards. That is LAME for the talent we have.
And finally, just because I criticize the coaches the most that does not mean the players don't have to step it up also. Against the Packers there were big drops by Chase, Higgins, and Sample. The holding penalty of Spain killed a drive. Burrow makes some terrible throws. if we had beaten the Packers this board would be sparkling like a new diamond and the media would be all over us. It is strange to think that any one of those minor mistakes might have made the difference in an overtime game.
Our Offensive line is better, but still not good. We still have holes in the middle at RG an OC, but our OTs and Spain are playing MUCH better than last year. Run blocking is okay, but it stinks in short yardage situations. We are 31st in the league in converting third-and-short (1-2 yds) I think we just need to start throwing on those short yardage situations. Pass blocking is a little better than it looked early on. On Burrow's first 10 sacks this year he had at least 3 seconds to throw the ball. But Green Bay was getting way too much pressure. I really like the potential of both Carman and Smith, but I don't think we will get anything really impressive from either of them this year. Hopefully it will work out like '11 when Boling was forced to start as a rookie and struggled.
At TE Uzomah is a HUGE upgrade over Sample.
Last year A J Green put up some of the worst numbers in history for a WR with at least 100 targets. We replaced one of the worst with one of the very best in Chase. Boyd and Higgins are good enough to give us one of the best trios in the league.
Mixon is running well except in the crucial short yardage.
Burrow is one of the most talented QBs in the league. He just needs to be more consistent.
I am not saying we are a 30 point a game team. That is top 5 in the league. But we we should be doing a lot better than we are. Despite playing 2 overtime periods we are still just 18th in points and 25th in yards. That is LAME for the talent we have.
And finally, just because I criticize the coaches the most that does not mean the players don't have to step it up also. Against the Packers there were big drops by Chase, Higgins, and Sample. The holding penalty of Spain killed a drive. Burrow makes some terrible throws. if we had beaten the Packers this board would be sparkling like a new diamond and the media would be all over us. It is strange to think that any one of those minor mistakes might have made the difference in an overtime game.
