THE BLITZ projects the Cincinnati Bengals as the 5th-least run-heavy team in football (in a neutral context) at the moment with a 33.9% run rate.THE BLITZ projects the Cincinnati Bengals offense as the 4th-most sluggish paced team in the NFL (context-neutralized) at the present time, averaging 29.60 seconds per play.The Atlanta Falcons defensive tackles profile as the 10th-best group of DTs in the NFL this year in regard to run defense.The Cincinnati Bengals have gone no-huddle on a lowly 2.3% of their play-calls outside the two-minute warning since the start of last season (2nd-least in the league). This deadens the pace, resulting in less volume and stat production.The Cincinnati Bengals have elected to go for it on 4th down just 15.7% of the time since the start of last season (7th-least in the league), which typically means less offensive volume, less TD potential, and lower offensive stats across the board.
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