Offensive Line Rating and Joey Franchise

[Essex Johnson]

(12-15-2021, 12:24 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: That’s not how passing works. You’re trying to say if we throw the ball less than 30 times that it is a fact that we win more but you’re leaving out other possibilities of a pass play, such as a sack or scramble. If Burrow drops back, it is a pass play and sacks/scrambles are results of a pass play. There is no correlation to the Bengals winning more if they drop back less. Burrow is the most dangerous offensive player that Cincinnati has and giving him less opportunities will only hurt the offense.

Even if you add drop backs, it really is not changing the result... It is not a knock on Burrow that we throw less, it is that we are a more effective team as a whole when we have thrown less than more... It is not about giving him less it is putting him in better position when he throws and that is a getting a lead, a more balance offense, the numbers don;t lie when you look at this team this year...  Now lets say next year we can improve on the line, give him more protection and getting early leads, I can see us more effective throwing more but the trend and stats this year and last do not reflect that.