The offense has really improved

[*ochocincos*]

(11-10-2022, 08:25 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: This is an excerpt with a deep dive by Paul Dehner in The Athletic


#Bengals efficiency rankings:

Offense
Points/drive: 4th
Red zone: 3rd
Three-and-outs: 11th
Successful play rate: 2nd
Third downs: 3rd

Defense
Points/drive: 14th
Red zone: 13th
Three-and-outs: 13th
Successful play rate: 11th
Third downs: 13th

The last four weeks they lead the NFL
in nearly every major efficiency category.
Yes, the Saints, Falcons and Panthers
defenses are far from the intimidating
league dominators, but this is the NFL
and points are points. The Bengals just
keep putting them up.

It's not far off to see this team leading
the league in offense at year's end.
Generally, the defenses they will face
over second half of the season are better.
Half rank in the top quarter of the
league in weighted defensive DVOA:
Patriots (fourth), Bills (fifth), Bucs
(seventh) and Titans (eighth). They
will be given plenty of opportunities to
prove their worth against quality
defenses and if their trajectory continues
and Ja'Marr Chase returns at full health,
they should be more than capable to post big numbers.

As I've said before, I'll be more impressed if they can score on and beat the likes of TEN, KC, BUF, TB, and NE.
Beat a couple of those teams and I'll start believing they're a contender again.