Bengals Offense

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(12-19-2022, 11:34 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Let me first start out by saying I love this team. I love the coaching staff. This isn't really a criticism of the players, the staff, or the team.

That being said, there is still SOMETHING that is just bugging me about the way this offense operates.

Maybe I am spoiled or something, but it just seems like this offense goes into lulls sometimes. The first half against the Bucs is what I am talking about - where it just seems like things are so much harder than they should be.

I was one of the first ones to complain early in the season about how we need to sustain drives and how we can't just rely on the explosive plays like we did last year - now I feel like this offense is lacking explosive plays and we don't take enough shots down field.

Again, this isn't a criticism and I think the offense has been fine for the most part...but Joe and the team talked about how the offense has "another level" they can get to - but it seems to me like they have almost taken a step back in recent weeks.

What do you guys think? Does the offense have another level...and if they do what exactly does that look like and can they get there?

To me it's marrying the long sustaining drives (which they have been good at) with the explosive plays. Once that happens, I think they will be on that level they are looking for.

Bengals end the year with 4 (Bucs yesterday) of the best defenses in the NFL. There is no doubt teams have made adjustments to not allow the "big plays" of the 2021 Bengals. The Bengals receivers normally get separation, but yesterday refs were allowing a lot of holding and contact past 5 yards.

Yesterday thanks to the defense and special teams, the offense was handed really good field position in the second half. But, the offense still had to finish those drives. Our QB had 4 TD's when the offense had an off day (a lot due to TB defense) and we scored 34 points.

Think about that, an off day and score 34 with no defensive and special teams TD's. Yes, it is hard to look consistent against great defenses. NE got a pick 6 and shut down Adams with 4 catches for only 28 yards, they are up next. BB may be one of the best defensive minds ever in the NFL so yes I look for the Pats to make our offense look bad at times Saturday. That is what great defenses so, they make the other team look bad, but in the end, can Joe B. and the offense make enough plays to beat the Pats, then the Bills and then the Ravens.

One thing Big Ben did to us over the years was finish us off with a time consuming drive at the end of games, Joe B. and the offense did that again yesterday, it was a thing of beauty considering we had no real running game yesterday, but a combination of run and pass and converting on 3rd and short. They put the final nail in Brady's coffin with that drive,

The Bengals are 3rd in the AFC in scoring after 15 weeks, to use Brady's words, the Bengals offense is pretty good.