Breakdown: Why the Offense is Struggling

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(10-05-2023, 09:48 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I don't know who it's on but to me they need to fix it, BAD!

I get it this is a passing team. Hell the entire NFL has become a "passing league". But teams know we don't run the ball with any consistency or effectiveness, at all. I'm not a stat guy but I'd venture to say near 2/3's of our runs thus far this season have been in the 1st qtr. of the four games.

Why??? With a gimpy QB and struggling bad in pass pro Oline do we not at least sprinkle in a few more running plays? And yes I understand when you're down 3 scores late in the game it's hard to run much.

But it sure seems to me we abandon the run way before we're down that bad.

I dunno?

Taylor and crew should take notes from Kyle Shanahan.
That dude is a wizard when it comes to getting creative run plays and getting teams bought into the run to set up the pass.
I think Burrow would be doing more successful in an offense like that given his current limitation.