Time to trust "The Process"

[Shake n Blake]

Well I do know one thing...they can't get much worse than last year. We focused on running the ball (9th in attempts) but were terrible at it (23rd in YPC). Meanwhile we were 20th in pass attempts, but gave up the 7th most sacks. The guru coached the worst unit on the team last year, and it wasn't close.

Fwiw, here's his ranking year by year:

2016:
Pass Attempts- 20th
Sacks- 7th most
Rush Attempts- 9th
Rush YPC- 23rd

2015:
Pass Attempts- 26th
Sacks- 23rd most
Rush Attempts- 7th
Rush YPC- 23rd

2014:
Pass Attempts- 25th
Sacks- 30th most
Rush Attempts- 5th
Rush YPC- 12th

2013:
Pass Attempts- 12th
Sacks- 30th most
Rush Attempts- 8th
Rush YPC- 28th

2012:
Pass Attempts- 19th
Sacks- 7th most
Rush Attempts- 17th
Rush YPC- 20th

2011:
Pass Attempts- 20th
Sacks- 28th most
Rush Attempts- 10th
Rush YPC- 27th

2010:
Pass Attempts- 5th
Sacks- 24th most
Rush Attempts- 15th
Rush YPC- 32nd

2009:
Pass Attempts- 27th
Sacks- 24th most
Rush Attempts- 4th
Rush YPC- 24th

2008:
Pass Attempts- 16th
Sacks- 3rd most
Rush Attempts- 21st
Rush YPC- 30th

2007:
Pass Attempts- 8th
Sacks- 31st most
Rush Attempts- 23rd
Rush YPC- 28th

2006:
Pass Attempts- 14th
Sacks- 14th
Rush Attempts- 20th
Rush YPC- 25th
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Average rankings:
Pass attempts- 17th
Sacks allowed- 20th most
Rush attempts- 13th
Rush YPC- 25th

So to sum it up, we've generally been more of a run first team, but we're consistently terrible at running the ball. The average sacks allowed (20th most) would be more impressive if the Bengals weren't such a run first team. I mean..is 17th in pass attempts and 20th in sacks allowed really that impressive? As for the narrative that Paul has whipped up solid lines out of scraps, when did this happen? The line was lacking in 2008 and 2016. We saw the results. 2009 was a bad year as well. We had to use an extra tackle and unbalanced lines just to rank 24th in YPC and the only reason we limited sacks is because we didn't pass (27th in attempts).