Easy answer to our short yardage probems.

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(03-01-2022, 01:43 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Would it have been better, or is that just your opinion?  The data from the season clearly showed that the Bengals offense was much more effective out of shotgun in that situation than under center.

As for giving the RB the ball from shotgun giving the DL and advantage?  I don't know about that, either.  If a rushing play is called, the OL is still supposed to be the aggressors, and move their opponents off of the ball, same as when lined up under center.

It wasn't a play call that failed the Bengals, it was a failure to execute on the line of scrimmage.  If it truly were shoddy play calling, we'd have 20+ current threads on here about how Zac Tayor or Brian Callahan needs to be replaced, rather than the large number of threads focused on how the Bengals can/should improve the offensive line.

Yep. 

I spent some time the other day going through play by play for each game, finding all the times the Bengals failed in 3rd and 4th and 1, while running with the QB under center. I stopped about 3/4 of the way through because i realized how stupid it was to waste time on it and i wasn't shocked that up to that point i had found about 5 times that it was tried and failed. 

It's utterly ridiculous that this stupid argument has gone on this long.