Bengals rush offense under Marvin Lewis

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There's more to a rush offense than how many times you run it or even total yards. Things like how many yards you gain per attempt are almost more important and especially how successful runs on third down are in gaining the first down or score. Also how often do runs get stopped behind the line and what is the YPC when "splash" plays (where a defensive breakdown causes a big gain) are subtracted.

And when you put this all together we have not been that good on the ground since we had Rudi Johnson. I think ZT and Callahan saw this and it has been driving some of their offseason choices (like the OL coach, the draft picks and even the free agents signed ). I suspect we are moving away from zone blocking also based on the player moves.