Keeping Bill Lazor Is A Mistake

[Shake n Blake]

(01-03-2018, 07:46 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Many people view him as a much bigger upgrade to that of Ken Zampese. And while in 2017 they actually scored TDs under Lazor rather than Zampese, Lazor still isn't a good coach.

These stats are from Josh Kirkendall, using numbers and references from Pro Football Reference



And here are the rushing yards and where they rank in the Bengals 50 year franchise



Under Bill Lazor, the offense didn't score a TD in the second half in 5 games.

They ranked 31st in the NFL in points in the second half with only 7.

Sure. There were positives in the run game and in the final two games. But let's not forget how terrible they were against the Bears and Vikings two weeks prior. Or how they couldn't score more than 3 points against Pittsburgh in the 2nd half.

Bill Lazor is not a good coordinator. Even with other teams.
With the Dolphins in 2015, his offense ranked 28th in points in the 2nd half.

Resigning him is not a good move.

That was the year Philbin got fired midseason, right? The Dolphins were a mess that year. A couple months ago, there was some debate as to whether or not the 2nd half issues were on Marv or Lazor...so I looked it up, and Lazor averaged more points in the 2nd half overall with the Dolphins. I can crunch those numbers again tomorrow if anyone is interested.

Throw me in the "meh" category on Lazor. It feels like we settled...much like with Zampese. I will say this...unlike Zampese, Lazor has had success as an OC. Namely 2014 in Miami...which is the only season you can fairly judge him on (too much drama and coach firings in 2015, didn't get to implement his offense in 2017).

Sadly, I think Merv will always have his hands in the offense, so expect some of the same issues regardless of who the OC is.