12-27-2023, 08:16 PM
(12-27-2023, 06:53 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I just wonder why we struggle so mightily vs the division, but despite our issues and injuries, we're cruising vs everyone else.
8-2 vs non-division
99.0 passer rating for Joe and Jake, with 18 TD's to 8 INT's
87.9 rush yards per game with 10 TD's in 10 games
110.2 rush yards allowed with 10 TD's in 10 games
Our offense averages 25.0 ppg
Our defense allows 21.0 ppg
0-5 vs division
77.0 passer rating for Joe and Jake, with 5 TD's to 5 INT's
72.2 rush yards per game with 0 TD's in 5 games
161.4 rush yards allowed with 7 TD's in 5 games
Our offense averages 13.6 ppg
Our defense allows 27.0 ppg
Whatever problems we do have are heavily magnified in this division. We're actually passing really well outside of the division, and our run game is punching the ball into the EZ at least. Inside the division, our pass game and run game have both been stonewalled, and they've all been running the ball down our throat. AFCN football.
Why we struggled this year? I pointed it out earlier. Don’t be consumed with the stats. We aren’t built like the other 3. But we haven’t. They don’t match up with us. The first game (Pitt) Joe was what 65% ? Throw that out. The second game the Raven’s barely beat us. Joe was what 75%? The next game Pitt beat Jake Browning 16-10. The next game vs Ravens we lead 10-7 Joe goes down. Jake takes on Pitt we have our big whiff. This team is not a grind it out in the run game team. It’s lead by Joe on a quick accurate and passing game augmented by receivers that are pure mismatches. But saying it’s failed isn’t accurate. In 21-22 we were 7-6. We won the division back to back. We’ve got some trench issues. We need to be more successful in the run game plain and simple.
Romo “ so impressed with Zac ...1 of the best in the NFL… they are just fundamentally sound. Taylor the best winning % in the Playoffs of current coaches. Joe Burrow” Zac is the best head coach in the NFL & that gives me a lot of confidence." Taylor led the Bengals to their first playoff win since 1990, ending the longest active drought in the four major North American sports, en and appeared in Super Bowl LVI, the first since 1988.
