Yesterday, 05:15 PM
(Yesterday, 02:25 PM)ochocincos Wrote: In 3-WR looks, I'd like to see more Chase in the slot with Iosivas/Burton outside.
Ideally though, I'd like to see Fant signed and Bengals run a lot of 12 personnel.
Been saying this for a while. Chase in the Slot is just as deadly as on the outside.
(Yesterday, 03:13 PM)Au165 Wrote: ....and with all of that, Mac hitting a 53 yarder against the Ravens and Daijon Anthony not getting PI on 4th and 16 and this team is 11-6 and no one really talks about it as they head into the playoffs.
We will never truly know some of the chicken or egg issues with this team, offense specifically, I think. Does Burrow take too many sacks because the line is bad? Yes. Does he also take a bunch more because he believes he can make something happen? Yes. Are we bad at rushing especially in short yardage? Yes. Are we bad at rushing in short yardage because we cater to our elite QB who doesn't want to play from under center? Yes. Is Zach Taylor's play calling bad at times? Yes. Does Joe Burrow check into plays at times that make it look worse? Yes.
I think at the end of the day though what we can say is, the offense is good enough to win right now and was good enough to win 11/12 games last year including against two of the best teams in the AFC. I get the desire to protect Burrow, but as mentioned above, I don't know if we are ever going to be able to actually do that because I fear with more protection he just becomes more emboldened to take more risks. It's a double edged sword.
Great post, spot on with everything.
