09-22-2016, 02:11 PM
(09-22-2016, 11:13 AM)ochocincos Wrote: More evidence that it's the OL that needs to step up for the running game to improve - http://www.espn.com/blog/cincinnati-bengals/post/_/id/24004/bengal-rbs-have-third-worst-yards-before-contact-average
Not saying the blocking has been good, I think we all can agree it hasn't been.
That said, the most interesting point of that article? (I know we're dealing in small samples still.)
Hill: 1.15 yards before contact
Gio: 1.60 yards before contact
Doesn't matter if there's holes or not if Hill keeps dancing.
Of course if those numbers are accurate, it also means that Hill is only averaging 1.50 yards after contact. That is an unacceptable number for a 235lb running back. Oddly enough right in line with last year's production, though. He ran for 3.6ypc last year, averaged 2.1ypc before contact, bringing him right at 1.50 yards after contact.
Is Jeremy Hill soft? Because two straight years of 1.50 yards after contact is suggesting that it might not be an anomaly. That's a bad number for any RB, let alone a 6'1, 235lb one.
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