08-23-2023, 03:33 PM
(08-23-2023, 02:32 PM)ochocincos Wrote: So it looks like the Bengals played about 1036 defensive snaps in the regular season.
If you multiply that by 4 (4-man front), that's 4144.
Every single DL combined number of snaps was 4294.
So 150 total snaps out of 1036 possible snaps.
That shows that the Bengals are not frequently out there running 5 DL.
Only about 13-14% of all the snaps are running 5 DL.
Is it worth keeping an extra DL just for 13-14% of the instances where 5 DL are used?
Or perhaps, maybe, if 5 DL are needed/wanted in the very rare occasion, the Bengals could just have the DL play a handful more?
You get points for industry, but your math sucks.
We were in 5 DL or more much more than that. 150/1,036 = 14.47%, not 3%. That's assuming it was never 6 DL/7DL for a play, which likely happened some. Well over 10% of the time, total. And more vs Balt/Cle type teams.
And again, the 5th DT/NT plays more than RB3/4, WR7, OL 8-10, CB7, and S4/5.
10 DL (or more) is a mortal freaking lock. Period. End of story. Our scheme demands it. Plus it is one of the deeper spots we have.
2019: 11.
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2019/8/31/20842473/cincinnati-bengals-53-man-roster-2019
2020: We started with 9:
DE: Dunlap, Hubbard, Lawson, Kareem
DT/NT: Reader, Atkins, Daniels, Covington, Brown
Bledsoe (312), Hunt (292), and X. Williams (310) ended up playing a lot. McKenzie with over 100.
Even with 9, we still had 5 DT/NT types, we skimped on ends.
2021: 10
DE: Hendrickson, Hubbard, Kareem, Sample, Hodge
NT/DT: Reader, Ojunjobi, Tupou, Hill, Shelvin
Kareem went to IR & we claimed Wyatt Ray, I believe.
2022: 10
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2022/8/30/23329019/bengals-53-man-roster-cuts-2022
Kareem to IR + we added Tufele before the opener.
We have always carried at oeast 5 DT/NT types under Zach/Lou. We will always will. The schemecdictates it.
