52-22

[Fan_in_Kettering]

Today in London the Cincinnati Bengals ran 74 offensive plays; only 22 of them were rushing plays. That means the rest were made through the air and no quarterback on planet earth will win a game by throwing the ball 52 times. It doesn’t happen.

Without improving the run game the Bengals will go 0-16. That’s “will,” not “if.” Today the Bengals ran for 104 yards against the Rams which is a high mark for the season; Joe Mixon went for 66 yards himself. This is also the eighth week where Cincinnati running backs did not score a rushing touchdown. That’s their job, by the way.

It seems to me on short yardage run plays a jumbo package might be a temporary answer. Add two tackles; one on each side. That creates a C-gap on each side, giving opposing linebackers two more gaps to close.

This offense is unbalanced and therefore predictable.

[THE PISTONS]

There was one drive in the 2nd Quarter where the Bengals scored a TD...where the playcalling was a nice mix of runs and passes. Passes were spread to RB's and TE's in addition to the WR's.

It was a great drive and we scored. We also were able to run the ball because the defense had no clue what we were going to run.

That shows that with good playcalling and unpredictability...we can indeed run the ball and move it.

That was it for that in the game.