Why was Eifert blocking Dumervil?

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(09-27-2015, 07:02 PM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: Glad that we won after giving up the lead, but is anyone else wondering why Eifert was blocking Dumervil on the scoop and score play?  While he may have improved his blocking (I don't know if this is true or not), why was he blocking one of the better DEs in the league on 3rd and long?  This terrible decision almost cost the Bengals the game.  Hope this kind of coaching decision-making gets fixed.

Because Tyler was lined up on that side... It has nothing to do with assignments, its about winning that battle. That's why they practice. It would be the same for Gio... You have to engage the defender and at least slow him down giving Andy time to throw. If anything that ball should have been out of Andy's hand by the time Elvis got there.