11-25-2019, 06:54 PM
(11-25-2019, 06:40 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Thank you. You’re the only poster so far who understands what’s going on here. In no games this season when Andy Dalton started was Joe Mixon a factor — and this caused Zac to call too many pass plays as you rightly observe. With a good running game and with Dalton throwing less than 40 passes the Bengals have a legitimate chance to win.
However, this means Zac has to commit to a balanced offense even if run plays don’t work at first — but I’m not convinced he has the patience and the maturity to do it.
I've noticed it as well. I mentioned in another thread that we averaged 59.5 rush yards in Dalton's starts and 138.7 in Finley's starts.
But I suppose this is "going back to blaming the team for the QB's failures".
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.