How bad our offense is, by the numbers

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(10-16-2023, 04:36 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: 1. Are Zac and Brian failing to make necessary changes to counteract defenses catching up with our offense?

2. Is Tee holding our offense back with some kind of health or attitude problem (contract)?

4. No Tight End?

What do yall make of the stats, and what do you think the problem is?

1) My personal opinion is Zac/Brian is too reliant on Burrow being able to operate under his normal self to make this an effective offense. They refuse or don't know how to adjust well enough.

2) Injuries happen. I don't think Higgins is having an attitude problem at all. I think this is a classic case of needing others to step up when one guy is in a slump/injured.

3) I never thought Hurst or Uzomah were overly impressive (as seen by how little they're doing on their new teams), but they were still valuable pieces to the offense in CIN. While TE isn't a focal point, the Bengals still need one who is competent to help make the offense go. If there's one spot I think makes sense to try to improve by the trade deadline, it's TE.