The offense had no chance

[Essex Johnson]

(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

The elephant in the room has been putting Burrow under center, i agree we need more but  the problem multi layered.. it is just not play calling, it is also what Burrow is good at and not good at.  Burrow has rarely been under center in his college and pro career, is adequate at best with play action.. My gut is Burrow wants shotgun as much as ZT does.. i agree they need to go under center more but you wonder who is making that call (ZT or Burrow)