Joe Burrow and Zac Taylor Were Smart Yesterday

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(12-20-2021, 05:59 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: That’s a great question.  

If the opposing offense has a great rushing attack with an offensive line which run blocks well a plaster coverage defense will get burned on the ground.  With at least four players dropping into plaster coverage along with the defensive line trying to get to the quarterback a good rushing team can eat that defense alive.

If the Bengals were better at run blocking the game would not have been so close against the Broncos. It would have been a one sided blowout.

Remember all the ten to twenty yard runs Joe Burrow made yesterday?  The aforementioned scenario I described is how.

That's why Cleveland beat Denver with a backup QB.  They can run the ball on anyone.