Ranking the NFL backfields (Bengals #6)

[BFritz21]

(06-18-2015, 06:23 PM)djs7685 Wrote: I'd say it is.

6 is about right. No need to go full homer.

Murray & Mathews, Lynch & a sock full of dirt, and Bell & Williams are clearly better than Hill & Bernard at the moment.

That could change after this year, but I'd definitely say it's a stretch to claim Hill & Bernard are the best duo as of right now.

If we use them properly, with Hill as the workhorse and then get Gio the ball in space, we'll have the best duo, hands down.

He led all NFL rushers in yards in the second half of the season, and that was with not even getting 20 carries in half of the games.  Of the half that he didn't get 20 carries, he only got over 15 carries in one of them!

Give Gio the ball deep in the backfield and let him pick his spots, on a sweep, or just have him run a pass route out of the backfield (or even as an outlet) and teams are so beat-up from trying to stop Hill that they have no prayer of keeping up with Gio.

I believe that they'll prove they're higher by season's end, but six is fair for now.