Our offensive line play

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(10-09-2018, 01:28 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote:

#Bengals' Alex Redmond has allowed the second-most pressures (21) among guards, earned a 59.9 run-block grade and now shares the NFL lead in penalties (five) through Week 5.

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christian westerman has played zero snaps this season

— Austin Gayle (@PFF_AustinGayle) October 8, 2018

Just last week Glenn allowed 6 pressures against the Falcons (with Redmond contributing 4 and Hart 3).

To give you an idea of context, Geno Atkins leads all defensive players in pressures this year with 31. So I will contend that this offensive line isn't actually that much better, it's just that the OC has schemed around a crappy OL better.

I guess I would need to know the exact definitions and differences in sacks, hurries, hits, and pressures.  If Dalton is being pressured a lot from the right side, I would offer that it is at least an outside pressure (scheme) and allows him to step up in the pocket.  The other thing the team is doing better (FINALLY!) as a whole is the so-called scramble drill.  All the WRs are moving (or most of them) when Dalton breaks the pocket.  Boyd has scored on one of them.  We NEVER saw that in the past.  It is like Dalton doing a hard count against the Colts (saw it once against Miami and got a free play as well, but it wasn't called.  Dalton looked incredulous).  

These little "everyone else has been doing it for years, why didn't we" improvements have made a huge impact.  


Probably the single greatest improvement has been the play of Price and Hopkins at Center over Bodine.  Dalton can step in to throws and has more of a pocket.  The improvement on his blind side is also significant, but the middle is where I am seeing the biggest difference. 

And even though Redmond may be giving up some pressures, he is much better than what we had last year in the rushing game.