Bengals without Green

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(11-16-2018, 03:34 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Posted this 3 days ago...I'll just re-post it here:

Games AJ has missed since 2014:

vs ATL: 252 yards - 1 TD - 0 INT - 116.6 rating - Win
vs CAR: 323 yards - 2 TD - 2 INT - 93.5 rating - Tied
@ IND: 126 yards - 0 TD - 0 INT - 55.4 rating - Loss
vs BAL: 266 yards - 0 TD - 1 INT - 89.3 rating - Win (2 rush TDs)
vs DEN: 146 yards - 2 TD - 1 INT - 93.1 rating - Win (AJ was used only as a decoy)
vs BUF: 207 yards - 1 TD - 2 INT - 57.0 rating - Loss (AJ injured early...only 1 target)
@ BAL: 283 yards - 1 TD - 0 INT - 78.7 rating - Loss
vs PHI: 332 yards - 2 TD - 0 INT - 130.0 rating - Win
@ CLE: 180 yards - 2 TD - 0 INT - 112.2 rating - Win
vs PIT: 157 yards - 0 TD - 1 INT - 60.3 rating - Loss
@ HOU: 268 yards - 1 TD - 1 INT - 84.2 rating - Loss
vs BAL: 226 yards - 1 TD - 0 INT - 101.2 rating - Win
vs NO: 153 yards - 1 TD - 2 INT - 61.0 rating - Loss

Record without AJ: 6-6-1
Record with AJ (in same years): 12-16

Rating without AJ: 84.6
Rating with AJ: 90.3

Yards per game without AJ: 224.5
Yards per game with AJ: 247.9

Which proves what I thought it would.  The offense is more dynamic with a prolific wideout the caliber of AJ Green.  What offense wouldn't be?  It also proves that they can still be competitive without him, it's certainly more challenging, but not impossible.  Also of note here, there hasn't been a running game worth much over that period of time, we have one now, we need to be relying on it as much as possible.