Threads from the Enemy-Tennessee

[WeezyBengal]

(11-22-2022, 11:46 AM)Sevenfeet Wrote: Morning Y’all.

The Titans offense has been a big problem for most of the season and our inability to score points is a well worn problem. The irony is that once we get to the red zone, we’re one of the best in the league to put it in the end zone. But that’s balanced against a lot of 3 and outs or 3 and long situations.

Last weeks game against Green Bay on Thursday night was the best outing the offense has seen since last season. It was helped by rookie Traylen Burks coming back from IR (turf toe) and some of the other young players who can catch the ball beginning to come into their own. The fact that we don’t have AJ Brown anymore is pretty obvious to production numbers.

That being said, the defense is elite and gets more out of rushing 4 than any other team. The Titans rarely blitz since we don’t really have to, which helps against the passing game. Jeffrey Simmons is one of the best inside linebackers in the game and always draws a double team (and still manages to get through). The big question this week is whether Denico Autry’s knee injury is serious or not (no word yet).  Harold Landry who was one of our sack leaders last year suffered a ACL tear in preseason but the rest of the defense hasn’t missed a beat. But the big issue is that we put Burrow on the ground NINE times and still lost. We still must do better.

A lot of people that aren't familiar with the Bengals look at the offensive line and the sack numbers and assume our offensive line still stinks.

This isn't the same OL that we had in the playoffs last year. They have played really well as of late. It took the new pieces time to gel this season.

I can guarantee you Burrow won't be sacked 9 times this game, or even close to 9 times.