ESPN. Bengals on the Rise

[Nicomo Cosca]

(04-11-2020, 06:56 PM)J24 Wrote: Teams were actually running sideline to sideline against us not up the middle.

There was plenty of it going right up the middle. This was from The Athletic:

There were five qualifying defensive tackles last year who ranked in the Top 25 in both pass-rush grades and run-stop grades. One of them is a member of the Bengals, and his name isn’t Geno Atkins. Newly signed D.J. Reader graded fifth as a run stopper and 15th in pass rush while playing for the Texans.

So no, even Geno was not particularly good stopping the run.