08-16-2022, 03:39 AM
(08-15-2022, 07:03 PM)fredtoast Wrote: There was progress from 2020 to 2021. In 2020 we did not even try to throw the ball down the field. Burrow was getting sacked all the time in a dink-and-dunk offense.
In 2021 he still got sacked a lot, but he had lots of plays where he had time to drive the ball deep.
Burrow's intended air yards per pass attempt actually dropped from 8.5 in 2020 to 8.1 in 2021.
So no, the Bengals offense in 2021 actually attempted a shorter pass game.
Not to say Burrow didn't improve his deep ball accuracy (and accuracy overall) and did have more snaps where he spent more time in the pocket, but your statement is objectively false. It just seemed like a dink-and-dunk offense because Burrow was terrible at throwing the deep ball in 2020, both overthrowing and underthrowing guys. Also Ja'Marr Chase.
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