1st downs & 3rd down conversions & thoughts

[Millhouse]

Bengals are currently:

8th getting most First Downs overall (105 broken down below) (tied with 4 teams) . Dallas leads with 120, and leads in below stats too.
     - 24 rushing, 69 passing, 12 penalties
10th in 3rd down attempts (66)

28th in 3rd downs converted (20)

30th in 3rd down conv % (30.3%) , Dallas has 50%


There are quite a few discussions going around about the o-line, Zampese, missing Eifert etc. Here are some numbers that can be used for a lot of that talk right now. The way these numbers look to me, is that the offense can move the ball. We are 10th I believe in total yards, so they can move it at times. They are getting first downs more on 1st and 2nd down obviously as the numbers show. But once they get a 3rd down, they have been pretty dreadful. 

From my viewpoint, the bullseyes should be squarely on the o-line and Zampese in that order. Because until they improve a lot on 3rd downs, this team is definitely not going anywhere regardless of other impeding reasons.