10-18-2022, 10:41 AM
(10-18-2022, 10:11 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I know a lot of people don't want to hear this...but having success running the ball is the number one reason why this offense is taking off.
They are running everything out of shotgun now and have ditched the outside zone stuff. Defenses aren't playing as much two high and are now respecting our running game. This completely opens up the offense.
Mixon has looked awesome the past couple of weeks.
I wouldn't attribute it to the run game. Burrow laid an egg against Baltimore, but he lit up New York and Miami. Both of those games, the Bengals were putrid running the ball. This past game, Cincinnati ran the ball well, but the biggest play was Chase taking a routine catch, breaking two tackles and going 60 yards for the TD. Teams are still running plenty of two high looks. New Orleans ran a high % of two deep coverages.
