Fredtoast take on the O-line issue

[Benton]

(03-06-2017, 01:41 PM)bengals67 Wrote: Benton- good points but someone answer this for me.

In a passing league, with an O line coach who appears to excel in pass pro, why does Marvin adopt a run first offense?

Oh, that's easy. Marvin isn't a very good coach.

Not to derail the thread, but it's an issue that's been brought up before. Over the years there's been times we didn't have good runningbacks... so we ran the ball. There's been times we had an outstanding passing game... so we ran the ball. Get to the playoffs off your arm? Switch it up and run the ball until you get behind, then have a QB force throws. There was an article back when Carson was here where he was asked why the team wasn't throwing and his answer was that he didn't know. He and (then OC) Bratkowski wanted to go deep, but that wasn't the plan. Brat was gone shortly after.

But I don't think that's PA's fault.