OL improved in 2nd half

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(09-12-2022, 01:49 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote:

PFF charged the Bengals OL with just 4 of the 7 sacks Burrow took yesterday. They had 100 offensive snaps.

— Goodberry (@JoeGoodberry) September 12, 2022

Overall, the Bengals OL was VERY good on true pass sets, with LC being the worst:

Williams - 76.1
Volson - 74.2
Karras - 84.4
Cappa - 78.0
Collins - 49.3

When you dig into the OL past the face value of "7 sacks allowed", they really were quite decent. https://t.co/rUsXqahO9D

— Andrew Russell (@Andrew_Russell7) September 12, 2022

Those numbers for Jonah and Volson definitely don’t match my eye test, but I also wasn’t focusing in solely on each individual lineman every play.

Regardless, it’s hard not to put this loss 100% on Burrow. Not only for the turnovers, but for taking multiple sacks that he shouldn’t have.

Yeah.   I would not have expected Volson to be anywhere close to that high.    While Collins wasn't anywhere close to perfect, I didn't expect him to be quite that low.  

Based on what I was seeing, there was pressure coming up from the LG position and Burrow rolled into some of those sacks.    Some of them were also him holding onto the ball too long.    I get he is looking for a play, but he needs to learn to either hit the hot read or throw it away.    I'd rather get to the next down without a loss of yardage vs. what we are doing now.  

And I fully agree with needing to change up the scheme to help the OL out - at least until they obtain some cohesiveness.   Still, was a tough draw in terms of starting the season out with one of the best DLines in the league (when healthy).

There is definitely work to do.