My gut feeling is that our run defense problems are tied directly to Lou Anarumo

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(11-10-2020, 11:56 AM)Whatever Wrote: Last year, they were tied for 22nd in rushing yards allowed per attempt. They gave up a ton more yards because teams could just grind it out on then, as you said.  This year, they are dead last in rushing yards allowed per attempt.

The killer is, they also allowed 4.7 ypc in '18 with Marvin/Austin, same as they did in '19.  That would indicate that it is more of a personnel issue than a scheme issue.

Could be. The last time the Bengals had a respectable run defense, Peko was the NT and MJ was the RDE, which was in 2016.
We know both of those guys were good against the run.