ok NFL analyst....which "run stopping" teams are still left in the playoffs right now, particularly the AFC? The colts? The Chargers with their pint sized, jamal williams-less front 7? LOL....both are near the bottom of the league in stopping the run. The colts have peyton manning though..so, that's a good enough weapon.
Teams have been stacking 8 and 9 in the box all season vs the jets and they still hvae been running it down peoples throats. they struggeled early on because of all the "Cutesy" play calling by Schottenheimer and stupid shit like giving up special team touchdowns. Bengals had like the 2rd or 3rd best run D in the league . How did they fair? When they overcommited to the run, they went playaction and burned the bengals for big plays. Interesting stat was that the bengals gave up the least 20+ yard plays in the NFL but got torced like 3-4 times in that game
maybe you didn't realize that sanchez had a 139.4 passing rating in that game and would have been higher had braylon edwards not dropped a wide open 40 yard bomb in the endzone.
bengals d > chargers d
but the offense is a different story. the game is going to come down to stopping philip rivers and putting pressure on him.
i'm not saying they're going to win, but when someone comes in with stupid and baseless reasons that aren't supported by stats or facts then it pisses me off. hit on a valid point then we can talk
so u think everything is reg season stats??so i guess that means the colts automatically win the superbowl ..what happens in the reg season doesnt always translate to post season, if u think it does u got more to learn stat man .. gb d was #2 in the league in defense and no 1 against the run.. what happened?? cards ran over them for 156 yards
they passed all over them also but i wont mention that because cards can pass on anyone
there is your reg season stats out the window
why did gb hang because they got a good qb
just as easy as a good run defense can be ran all over by a poor run offense
a poor run defense can come with a game plan to stop the run, when a team cant pass and has no balance..can happen on any given day and u gotta be able to answer
u need balance to win and like i said sanchez will need to do something for them to make a run