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Cincinnati Bengals
Jay Gruden watches the big screen during the second half against the
Indianapolis Colts at Paul Brown Stadium. The Bengals defeated the
Colts 27-17. Photo
courtesy of bleacherreport.com
Gruden Adjusts,
RB Snaps, & Tyler Eifert & 2-TE Sets
bleacherreport.com
After expanding the playbook significantly last year once there was a
full-offseason to utilize, Cincinnati Bengals Offensive Coordinator Jay
Gruden doesn’t plan on making any significant changes to his offense
this year, and will instead focus on how to properly implement new
players like Gio Bernard into the system:
Obviously we’ll tweak it quite a bit as we go, but we’ll be
interchanging instead of overhauling. It’s just changing the personnel
a little bit with similar concepts without teaching a whole new system.
We featured probably more of the personnel groupings with one tight end
and one back and three receivers. It’s very easy to take out that third
receiver and put a tight end in there and call the same plays. A lot of
it is the same thing. It’s a matter of keeping the personnel on the
field that you want to dictate. If (the defense) wants to play nickel,
we’ll match up. If they want to use base, it’s a good deal for us.
Every year you have a draft and you have some new toys, so things
change. You have to adjust.
Joe Reedy writes why trying to compare this year’s Bengals crop of
undrafted guys to Vontaze Burfict is unfair, but that doesn’t mean they
won’t find some gems who make the opening-day roster:
Now if you want to compare any of these guys to Trevor Robinson or
Emmanuel Lamur, guys who signed without much fanfare, earned their way
onto the 53-man roster and then made solid contributions, that would be
better.
Reedy also predicts that running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis will play
the most snaps in the Bengals’ backfield this season.
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