Dalton is still a beast.

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(11-01-2015, 07:13 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: The steelres fans create a lot of problems for Andy to call audibles.

His audible calls were coming with 5 seconds left on the clock, hiking at 0 seconds lets the blitz or defenders rush exactly when they want. I also noticed Andy looked a little nervous because he can't get his audibles off quick enough. That split second of nervousness at the snap lasts long enough to make the play a sack/etc. That's not the offense we're used to seeing, clean pocket and quick throws. They took Eifert out of the game. Steelers adjusted well, Bengals are just a better team right now.

A big part of this was plays taking too long to come in from the sideline. If the base play takes too long to come in then any audible always winds up being late in the play clock.

I have wondered why we never seem to try something like the Pats do, where their first set of plays (10 or so) are pre-called before kickoff so that the offense gets into a rhythm.