Future of our Center Position

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(05-01-2017, 01:03 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Interesting that you chose that specific stat.

Many people consider runs over 10 yards to be credited more to RBs than O-linemen.

Here are the Fooballoutsiders O-line rankings (based on "adjusted line yards") for the Bengals.

left outside ....30th
left tackle.......11th
middle............6th
right tackle.....11th
Right outside..28th

But those numbers take on a whole new meaning when you realize that a majority of all NFL runs (56%) are in the "middle" category.

Overall Footballoutsiders ranked our o-line right in the middle of the pack in run blocking.  They were 14th in Adjusted Line Yards, 15th in Stuffs, and 19th in Power Situations.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ol

Middle of the pack sounds about right. I've said it before, i think a lot of holes were missed last year. Mostly by Hill. 

A bad running back can make a line look bad.