10-31-2023, 07:16 PM
(10-31-2023, 04:50 PM)pally Wrote:#Bengals rankings since the "Joe Burrow finally feels like himself" game at Arizona (week 5-present):
— Jay Morrison (@ByJayMorrison) October 31, 2023
Total O: 17
Pass O: 14
Rush O: 21
Scoring O: 3
Total D: 30
Pass D: 27
Rush D: 19
Scoring D: 7
Turnover +/-: 2
Cue Lou saying "Yards don't equal points"
This is what I'm more interested in seeing, rather than a full season review. Our first 4 games were absolute trash, largely due to an injured QB... so of course we won't rank well, when that accounts for 4/7ths of our games played.
These 3 games also include a fairly mixed bag against Seattle, by the offence. This week was probably Burrow's first proper 'fully back at it' week, so hopefully we'll improve as we go.
In terms of the Defence... we seem to be improving. The effort in SF was prime playoffs defence and they did a good job against Seattle. It's not all about the points you give up.. giving up a ton of yards gives up TOP and you will risk opponents getting more into their groove the more they have the ball. Gives them more time to figure you out. But the name of the game is points, and if your scoring defence is good, that's obviously important.
