12-12-2024, 03:25 PM
(12-11-2024, 07:57 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I think it's the blocking scheme/players involved in said blocking scheme, personally.
I've never thought they ran a good scheme that fit the strengths of the players they had (or brought in players that properly fit that scheme).
With that said, there are people way more experienced and knowledgeable on run blocking to say if that's accurate or not lol.
Agree, I think it is the scheme as well as Zac being a QB with Joe being our franchise QB...
Mixture of all 3 why our running game struggles so. It honestly doesn't seem to be a priority which is a big mistake IMO.
(12-11-2024, 08:39 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I think that they simply just don't spend enough time working on being a good running offense. I think (that Zac thinks) if we have one of the best QBs in the league, I want the ball in his hands as much as possible. They have their timing down for the passing game, spend some time bringing the running attack up to par.
Yeah, I have even heard this with Zac not wanting to take the ball out of Joe's hands which is honestly understandable. The problem is
this puts a ton of pressure on Joe even if he thrives under pressure. If we could have a respectable running game it would take a lot of
the pressure off of Joe and it would give Defenses much more headaches.
I couldn't imagine being a Defense and having to worry about a good running game on top of Joe Burrow and his accuracy in the passing
game with the best WR in the NFL!
(12-11-2024, 10:16 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Right
You rarely if ever see our Oline being aggressive. Driving defenders 8-10 yards off the LOS. Pancaking people, blocking with heart and soul.
They're just kinda standing there like holy crap a running play, lets see if I can get in this dudes way for a second, then I'm quitting.
Exactly, what I would give for an OL that plays right up to the whistle engaging DL with physicality...
and I am sure the OL would love it as well and we would see more fire out of them to boot. Sabotaging the OL always being in the Shotgun
is not the way to reward an OL. I know Joe loves playing out of the Shotgun, but it should not be near as much as we do. Reward the OL once
and a while and let them go to work blocking in the run game late in games instead of abandoning it and it could change things.
I still remember what Cappa and Volson did blocking for the run at times, it was much better than we see now. Mims is also a good run blocker
when he wants to be. Of course a lot of this is on Pollack too. A change at OL coach could do wonders as well as modifying the scheme to tailor
the OL's strengths.
