01-04-2018, 06:02 PM
(01-04-2018, 05:31 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Facts:
- Offense under Lazor was still not good (went from 32nd in the league by a mile to 32nd in the league by like a quarter mile)
- Zampese had better blocking in '16 than he/Lazor had in '17
- OL performance was abysmal
- Paul Alexander was the OL coach
- There were a lot of screen plays (assumed to mask poor OL play), which resulted in very few, zero, or negative yards. (Were the screens called so much because of a poor blocking OL? Or are they a staple of a Lazor offense?)
The main culprit when it comes to coaching is now gone (Alexander).
That's an improvement.
Someone had the idea to change the blocking scheme and players around in December and we saw improvement. Assuming it wasn't Alexander since he's gone.
That's an improvement.
This team still has the same offensive coordinator who called a ton of screen plays to receivers who were not good at getting YAC. Those receivers are still on the team.
That's potentially a negative because even better OL won't help much for screens since it's the receiver out in space with only other receivers blocking for him or none at all. If the receivers can't get YAC on screens, they won't work very well.
The Bengals don't have many receivers who can create for themselves with the ball in their hands.
Hopefully, the OL is vastly improved this offseason, which will result in a better run game and more time for passing routes to develop, therefore also resulting in fewer screens being called. If there are a lot of screens again, this team is in trouble because they don't have the receivers that are good with gaining a lot of yards on screens.
I'm still not very optimistic about this offense, but I might be after the draft. If the same problems exist in 2018, then Lazor is definitely a part of the problem.
Ross is great in space Ocho, sure would like to see this guy next year on some screens.
Not just that damn jet sweep Zamp used him on and blocking on the edge of the line like he is a TE or something.
Thought it was so much BS the way we used the guy when we did and then hardly used him at all.
This has to change this year if Ross is healthy.
(01-04-2018, 05:32 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: Lazor getting PA gone and stating he wants players that fit the scheme and wants to create a scheme..
And push Dalton past his limits especially in practice.
He might not have had the full control of an OC last year due to how he became OC.. But next year we will actually see a Lazor Offense... (for good or bad)
If Lazor gets full control next year it will be much better than this year, that is a given.
