The offense had no chance

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(09-10-2024, 11:00 AM)casear2727 Wrote: Bengals had one competent starting WR and ran 95% of their plays out of shotgun.  How truly difficult is this to defend?

This is on Zac, and if Pitcher was onboard with it he wont have to worry about taking the next step to HC any time soon.  

This has to be fixed.

The Bengals had 3 pistol plays (runs) and 4 under center plays (3 PA, 1 sneak) against the Patriots in Week 1

19 plays with motion or a shift, 25 plays without

— Jake Liscow (@JakeLiscow) September 9, 2024

Well, league average last year was 83% of plays coming out of shotgun.

The Bengals were in shotgun 44 of 51 plays Sunday, so 86%, close to average.  I mean, Burrow and Hurts have been known to take 95% of the snaps from shotgun, so they are dialing back on it a bit.  

I mean, it is a passing league and most teams operate from shotgun the vast majority of the time because it gives the QB and extra half second to throw, on average.