One Stat Shows Joe Burrow and the Bengals' Issues When Facing Cover 2 Defenses

Cincinnati continues to struggle on offense.

Author:
James Rapien
Publish date:
Oct 10, 2022 9:00 AM EDT

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BALTIMORE – The Bengals' offense struggled in Sunday night's 19-17 loss to the Ravens.

Joe Burrow completed 24-of-35 passes for 217 yards and one touchdown. He also ran for a score. Despite that, the offense was nonexistent.

"They were taking away all of our deep shots. Even when they were playing man, they were playing pretty soft, high hip, I thought for the most part," Burrow said. "They did a good job of making us check it down and making us have these long 12 – 15 play drives.”

The Ravens did what every defense has been doing to the Bengals' offense: sit back and don't give up the big play. They've struggled against Cover 2 this season.

Burrow's expected points added (EPA) per dropback is .160 against single high [one deep safety] defenses. That number drops to -.184 when teams are in 2-high looks, which is mostly what the Ravens played on Sunday night.

Scoring just 17 points is unacceptable. They have too many weapons and too many playmakers for the offense to struggled the way it has this season.

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