Cincinnati enters Sunday's matchup with a 1-3 record
The Arizona Cardinals may be 1-3, but the Cincinnati Bengals will have their hands full on Sunday in the desert as they look for their second win of the season.
The trouble Cincinnati is dealing with on offense is starting to carry over to the defensive side of the ball. The Bengals offensive three-and-out rate is tied for the highest in the league with the Pittsburgh Steelers at 48%. Without the ability to stretch the field and extend drives, Burrow’s offense is being forced to the sideline earlier than nearly every other team in the league.
"I like to do it [run] when the defense gives me those right looks," Dobbs said this week."It keeps the defense on their heels and it's a part of my skill set and something I've been good at shoot, since high school and it's good to keep a defense on their heels. Obviously we are not running the Q counter until the cows come home, but we are able to be a triple threat back there.
“Tackling is an effort thing and we have to put a little more emphasis on it. It sounds silly from a defensive standpoint saying you have to put an emphasis on tackling but that’s what we need to do, that’s where we are at,” safety Nick Scott told All Bengals. “We are facing a couple of good backs here and we haven’t done as well as we would’ve liked with the tackling and we are going to try to ramp that up a little bit.
Cincinnati got younger in the secondary this offseason with Jessie Bates and Vonn Bell leaving in free agency. The staff probably anticipated that the offense would be able to carry the team to wins, especially early in the season, but that plan hasn't come to fruition. “It’s something I’m working at every day,” Scott said. “He’s got such a schemed up ordeal and it changes week to week depending on who you’re playing and that’s what makes it great. I’m just trying to continue to challenge myself and stay on top of it and be a help for whoever has questions or anything like that.”
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