Keeping Bill Lazor Is A Mistake

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(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.

I'm feeling more optimistic about Lazor especially bearing in mind what he said in the press conference.

However aside from the running game one thing I am slightly concerned about, or at least will be watching for is yards per pass play.

When you look at Dolphins in 14/15 and Bengals this year the yards per reception is really low.  

Like with most things this year I think Lazor gets a pass because the OLine meant we had to get rid of the ball quick but his offenses certainly don't look explosive.

But in 2014 he had Jarvis Landry and Mike Wallace as his WR1 & 2...and they average 9 and 12 yards per reception over the season.....

...bearing in mind his history I'm intrigued when he reacted to Marvin's comment in the presser about needing to 'throw the ball over people's heads' !!!