09-26-2016, 06:17 PM
(09-26-2016, 05:48 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: One thing that always bothers me about the Bengals is that we seem to change our offensive identity based on personnel, rather than stick with one identity and find the personnel to make that identity successful.
We all saw last year that Dalton's optimal type of offense involves spreading the defense out with 4+ receivers (either 4 WR or 3 WR + TE, etc) and hitting those receivers quickly. It's similar to his offense at TCU. In that type of offense, Dalton looked like Drew Brews 2.0.
Fast forward to this year, and now someone has decided we need to be smash mouth again. We've also had to employ extra blockers thanks to the quality (lack thereof) of the line. So not only are we taking away what made Dalton extremely successful, he's also dealing with more pressure than he's ever seen.
After what they saw from Andy last year, they should've done everything in their power to keep things as close to that as possible.
Edit: Sorry about the bold. For some reason it's been automatically bolding some of my posts lately.
Actually, it deserved to be said in bold. Dalton showed last year that he has the ability to put the game in his hands, it's not too much for him. You cannot run Green, a tight end, Hewitt, and an unbalanced line and expect great things from him though. Sad part is that with all the extra blocking, you would think he would have all day to stand back there, but not so much...
