Red Zone Woes

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(09-30-2016, 06:52 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote:

Green is left one on one right here.

And I understand Eifert has been a great red zone target, but they've tried to put Uzomah in his place. Uzomah is the most targeted receiver in the red zone inside the 10. So it's not like they havent been doing plays like they would to Eifert.

They need to give their other players chances as well. The Bengals have been predictable inside the red zone, especially inside the 10. EVERY single one of the runs inside the 10 have been with 6 offensive lineman. And they've done multiple goal-line looks as well.

They aren't giving the defenses much confusion. 2 of Dalton's 6 throws inside the 10 have the same personnel. Only 4 other times have they actually gone with at least a two WR set. That's far too predictable.

Sure, the offensive line hasn't done well, but it's not like we don't have weapons. Last year, Marvin Jones had 10 receptions for 165 yards and 2 TDs. Meanwhile LaFell has 208 yards on 13 receptions, but no TDs.

Let's then go to Sanu. He had 9 receptions for 161 yards with 0 TDs. Boyd has 12 receptions for 130 yards, 0 TDs.

One can say the difference is Eifert, but there's been a SIGNIFICANT drop in red zone production that can't just be "Eifert is out".

You have Gio. You have Hill. You have Green. You have LaFell. You have Boyd.

There's weapons. Boyd is an upgrade over Sanu (even looking at this year's production Boyd is doing basically just as good).

It's the play calling. Defenses know once you're in a 6 or more offensive lineman formation, it's a run and to keep a safety over the tight end. There's no confusion or adjustments.

Not to completely disagree with you but that's one play from one game.

Eifert WAS our redzone production last year. He had something like 13 redzone TD's in 13 games. Without him, we have no redzone offense.

We'll see once Eifert comes back who's right and who's wrong, obviously. I hope that I'm right.