Bengals players upset with Coyle

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(09-27-2016, 02:47 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Bengals Passing D Rankings Since 2000

2000: 23rd
2001: 12th
2002: 13th
*Coyle Becomes DB Coach*
2003: 24th
2004: 13th
2005: 26th
2006: 31st
2007: 26th
*Zimmer Arrives*
2008: 15th
2009: 6th
2010: 14th
2011: 9th
*Coyle Leaves*
2012: 7th
2013: 5th
*Zimmer Leaves*
2014: 20th
2015: 20th


It's pretty easy to say that Coyle wasn't the one who succeeded and it was Zimmer when you look at that. The Bengals had two of their three best passing defenses since 2000 while Coyle was gone and Zimmer was here. They regularly chilled in the mid-20s while Coyle was here and Zimmer wasn't.

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Interesting Sidenote Fact: Not a single defense in the entire NFL gave up 4,000 passing yards in 2000. Just to realize how much the game has changed.

Honestly I think bulk yardage is a terrible way to judge a pass defense. Look at it this way...would anyone say Dalton had a great season simply because he threw for 4264 yards? Or would they look at the 18 TDs, 21 INTs, 6.6 YPA and 78.9 passer rating?

Last year, our pass D "allowed" the 2nd most pass attempts in the NFL. Naturally, this means they're not going to rank highly in yards allowed. This doesn't mean opposing QBs were efficient against us. Quite the opposite actually. We ranked:

4th in yards per attempt (6.6) -  an awful number for a QB
2nd fewest TDs allowed (18)
3rd most INTs (21)
5th best in rating (78.9)
20th in completion % (64.6)

Looking over all these numbers, you start to get the whole picture. The pass D is still outstanding. Probably the best in the league at limiting big plays. More INTs than TDs allowed. So why did teams pass on us so much when the numbers were so awful? Maybe because teams that are behind tend to pass more. Or maybe teams felt they couldn't run on us. Either way, the pass D has remained great after Zimmer's departure, IMO.