10-16-2023, 10:35 AM
(10-15-2023, 08:14 PM)Synric Wrote: Want more vertical routes? Then get defenses out of cover 2 by opening up the ground game.
Bingo. Until they can actually get a RB to average close to league average it will be difficult to throw downfield. Average OL for the most part with Mixon averaging 3.5 ypc versus the NFL average of 4.2.
Now, with a healthier Burrow it would help with a few QB sneaks, QB taking off etc., as it did last year, but until either one of these things happen (or both) watch out for more of the same.
What i would like to see more of are 2 step drops and quick-hitters to the WR's and let them become our RB's. One juke or a missed tackle and that play can go for 20 yards.
