Was Austin the Problem with the Defense?

[CJD]

(01-14-2019, 04:10 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Worth also pointing out the records with and without Austin...
With Austin: 5-4
Without Austin: 1-6

Without having looked up the specifics of when the Bengals started to fall behind in the games that Marvin took over the defense, I assume the rushing was up and the passing was down because the Bengals were losing and therefore the opponents were running the ball more than passing.

Well, even still, they allowed fewer rushing yards after Austin left. 133.3 rypg after vs 143.1 rypg before.

Every single statistic improved without him. And the teams we played against were actually better at rushing the ball after Austin was fired.

That's not to say that we were good at stopping the run once he was gone. But I don't think you can take how quickly we were losing as the reason we allowed fewer yards in any regard. If that were the case, we'd almost certainly have gone up in rushing yards allowed per game.