Compare that to the Steelers who have 11 in that category. He and Sam Hubbard are the only Bengals with more than two sacks and only six players on the roster have recorded at least a 1/2 sack this year. 2nd year safety Jesse Bates leads the team with two of them.Īs far as a pass “rush” goes, Atkins leads the team with 4.5 sacks. Two of those picks have actually come the last two weeks. Only 13 sacks on the season, that’s tied with Miami for fewest in football, and just four interceptions, tied 30th.
Not with the pass rush, not with the big plays. They’ve allowed 20+ points in nine of ten games the only exception to that is Oakland last week, when they gave up 17. Teams converting 44.6% of the time, which ranks just 27th overall. While they have a surprisingly excellent red zone defense, fifth best in football (and the Steelers have the 5th worst red zone offense), their 3rd down D is terrible. No reason to not have success on the ground vs Cincinnati. Check out all the missed tackles that leads to Mark Ingram churning out seven yards on a play that should’ve gone nowhere.īottom line. 75 misses on the season, tied for 11th most. Do have a little more speed at LB with Pratt in the mix so the latter may be a bit tougher but at the same time, Geno Atkins and Andrew Billings are threats inside, even if the numbers don’t look pretty. Benny Snell should have success downhill and if they block it well enough, you can get the ball on the perimeter against these guys too. You can run up the middle, on the perimeter, attack this front in really any way that’s tailored best for your offense. No rushing defense allows more carries of 10+ yards, a whopping 50 of them already, than the Bengals. Offense after offense have churned big run after big run. They’re allowing 5.0 yards per carry, 30th in football, including giving up 112 yards to Josh Jacobs a Sunday ago. Played just 12 snaps against the Steelers in Week 4 against Oakland last week, that number shot up to 48. He’s their most athletic off-ball linebacker. Don’t get me wrong, there is talent, and they’ve given rookie LB Germaine Pratt a lot more playing time lately. It’s not very good, which is what you’d expect from a winless team. Honestly, there isn’t a whole lot to say about this Bengals’ defense.
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