11-01-2022, 10:36 AM
(11-01-2022, 09:40 AM)Daddy-O Wrote: Let's face it the Browns are just a bad match up for the Bengals.
Their strength is our weakness on both sides of the ball. Granted our D-Line is hurting with the loss of Reader but it wouldn't matter. Our D-line is built more to stop the pass so good running teams have their way. Luckily the league is more pass happy so the match ups work in our favor most of the time.
It's all about match ups. Some teams just have your number and this current Browns team owns the current Bengals. Unlike the Ravens RPO trickery they play a smash mouth running attack. Something we don't do well against.
I think you are being a little too dismissive of Reader being out. Reader is one of the best run stuff tackles in all of football, thats gonna be impactful. IMO if he had played he would of made a difference. Maybe not enough to win, but I think he would of made running up the gut less of an option.
