Damming Analysis of Cincinnati's O Line

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(11-18-2023, 04:32 AM)Whatever Wrote: What does this even indicate?  Just based on where teams fall, there are as many teams with below average RAS and above average PFF grades as there are teams with above average RAS and below average PFF grades?  

Personally, RAS is important when evaluating draft prospects to make a determination on whether they can cut it in the league.  Our OL has 4 vets that have proven in other places that they can perform at average starter to Pro Bowl level and one sad joke of a 4th round pick.  This is why you have to start with Pollack.  4 of 5 starters you know for a fact can play better.  Even Williams was playing better under Turner.  

It's not about any one of those players individually its the lack of athleticism as a group and it shows up on tape. Bengals run alot of Duo and different variations of Inside Zone both vertical down hill runs. A major requirement of those two run plays is second level blocking either firing off and getting to the linebacker or a combination block then climbing to the linebackers. The Bengals also like to run traps from those two plays which is essentially a OL bypassing the DL and going straight for the second level while another OL or TE pulls back around to block the DL that came through the gap. 

Right now the second level blocking has been lets say inconsistent and they rarely try to pull their lineman out in space on sweeps or pitches and when they do its often a TFL.