10-13-2019, 06:39 PM
(10-13-2019, 06:26 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Bengaldom, can we talk?
Today the Cincinnati Bengals put up a paltry 33 yards rushing. That’s unbelievable. Now let’s look at Lamar Jackson who ran all over the Bengals’ defense for 152 yards all by himself.
Joe Mixon got ten yards on eight carries. That means he’s being stopped at or behind the line of scrimmage which means there’s no gaps, no holes, and no creases.
Neither quarterback threw for a touchdown today and in fact their production was separated by one yard; Andy Dalton threw for 235 yards and Lamar Jackson threw for 236 yards.
The 0-6 record the Bengals are currently sporting is due to the lack of a run game. No run game means making few if any first downs, losing control of the clock, and it makes the offense one dimensional.
This means the offensive line isn’t just historically bad. This means they aren’t being coached correctly in Cincinnati because every one of these guys from Billy Price to Jake Fisher to Cedric Ogbuehi were all highly graded in college. Look at all of them on film in college and you’ll see maulers with great technique.
To me this screams the scheme and blocking technique, especially run blocking, is badly in need of an update.
Jim Turner might be even worse than Paul Alexander and I’m retching up my lunch just writing that. Under Turner next year Jonah Williams will look like a bust, just like Price, Fisher, and Ogbuehi. Not might. Will.
Absolutely. The OL is atrocious. The league's worst maybe? It has been awful for a few years now.
The passing game isn't spectacular, but Dalton puts up ok numbers. Some of his games have been decent (at least stat-wise). But the run game? When's the last time we had a decent number of rushing yards? The OL is just abysmal and until we fix that it won't matter who we're drafting in the 1st round.
