Raider Gameplan

[BengalChris]

(09-12-2015, 09:27 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I understand that the Bengals have Jeremy Hill and Giovanni Bernard, but I am looking at this stat from Hobson's most recent article:  14 - Career starts for Raiders starting CBs D.J. Hayden and T.J. Carrie  and I can't help but think the Bengals should first attack their secondary with quick, short passes.  Put AJ, MLJ, Sanu, and Eifert out there.  Maybe rotate in Burkhead as well in place of Sanu.  Spread them out and attack them.  Once their secondary starts creeping in to try and shut them down, burn them with a double move.

Pass first, to open up the run game.  If the Bengals can build an early two score lead (and stay aggressive on offense, Marv) they can turn the front four loose rushing the passer and the secondary might also generate some turnovers.

If their strength is their pass rush, don't give them time to get there.  It should look a lot like what New England was doing to pittsburgh before stretching the field with Gronk. 

The Bengals need to take the lead and move the ball early.

If not, any weakness in the middle of our OL will be exposed.

On the other side of the ball, I really believe our D can smother the Raiders offense and a defensive score could be the difference if our offense sputters.