Tyler Eifert and AJ Green had 9 TDs combined

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(02-12-2017, 02:53 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: The draft is always exciting and i like Duke Tobin.

But man, we need to add a decent O-line coach, this would make me excited for this year.

PA pretty much threw our season in the shitter last year.

Cannot believe there is no talk about replacing him.

It is clear to everyone with eyes what the weakness of this team is. The players are not the problem.

If we draft a Center and replace PA i will have some real hope.

I just don't get how we had one of the best offensive lines in the league in 2005, 2009, etc and now are awful....

My take is that it is a combination of things:

Talent-  Bodine is awful.  Ced O was worse...and both were starters for almost the entire season.  Once Ced was replaced, the offense looked better and they didn't even have AJ Green.  

Coaching- technique is part of it, but I believe a larger part was the predictability of the play call by formations.  The offense actually was producing ok with Ced and without Eifert early on (they did have red zone troubles) but teams began to notice the consistency of play calls from certain formations and teed off on the running game.  I don't care if you have Dallas's offensive line, if it is a dead give away running formation, it will get stopped more often than not.  The genius of the Dallas offense was they had threats all all levels:  the backfield, the middle (TE and slot WR) and deep (Dez).  No defense could stack the line because they had the weapons to beat you downfield and the line to hold up long enough to take some deep shots.

Scheme- The Bengals never took shots down the field to anyone but AJ.  They telegraphed their running plays with formations and personnel.  Before Gio's injury, how many times did Hill catch a pass?  How many times did Hill get hit in the backfield?  The opposition adjusted and the Bengals didn't.  

IMHO, Zampeze is as big a weakness, if not bigger, than PA.  I am hoping for huge strides in year 2.