Orlando Brown Jr. Offers Direct Way Bengals Can Improve Rushing Attack

A problem that needs fixing quick.

Sep 14, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. (75) walks off the field after the victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images | Katie Stratman-Imagn Images

CINCINNATI — It's onto Monday night for Orlando Brown Jr. and the Bengals, who are trying to resuscitate a brutally unconscious run game so far this season.

Cincinnati is last in the NFL in yards per game (49) and yards per carry (2.4) by a wide margin. Basically, any rushing stat you look at, plus the film, is a disaster that can't continue.

Brown said the key is more physicality.

"Simply put, I mean dominating the line of scrimmage, man, I think a lot of times being successful in the run game, it comes down to guys getting hat on a hat, and finishing your blocks," Brown explained this week. "And so we got really great running backs. Man, we got 2-3 great backs that are really good football players, man, and have been in this league for a while. So it's on us up front, man, to get to the second level, to get double teams moving multiple yards, all those things."

Brown has struggled more as a pass blocker than a run blocker this season, but that hasn't been enough to keep the unit out of the basement.

Cincinnati doesn't have Joe Burrow to control things through the air with a dominant passing offense anymore. The whole offense has to execute better and lift up their play around backup Jake Browning, who won't have a realistic chance to keep this team afloat with a terrible rushing attack.

"I would definitely say so," Brown said about the urgency to not let the 2-0 start slip away. "I think just with our focus, our energy, our effort, in terms of our preparation, that's what we can control."

Cincinnati will try to find success on a mediocre Broncos run defense Monday night.

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