It’s one thing to say the Cincinnati Bengals offensive line was terrible against the Pittsburgh Steelers and call it a day.
It’s another to have some concrete numbers reinforcing the idea.
During the 27-3 embarrassment Monday night, the Bengals were historically bad by Pro Football Focus’ grading measures, per Anthony Treash:
“In all seriousness, this was among the five worst offensive line performances we have seen in the PFF era with their offensive linemen taking home a PFF pass-block grade of 21.4, the fourth-worst in a single game since 2006…No team lost more matchups in a single game in the PFF era than the Bengals did last night, and they also gave up a franchise-record amount of pressures.”
Everyone was a culprit, from Bobby Hart finishing with a 24.1 pass-blocking grade to Michael Jordan checking in at a 15.1. Billy Price eventually got in the game for the latter and allowed a sack on four snaps.
That’s a complete and utter failure, with no other way to really write it. The line looked like it wanted no part of contact and wasn’t interested. Andy Dalton suffered eight sacks and didn’t get a chance.
While there are some injured players missing, supposed starters like Trey Hopkins, John Miller, Hart and even Jordan have no excuse. Price is a first-round pick from only a year ago and he looks lost when he gets on the field.
How this gets fixed is impossible to say, as even Cordy Glenn’s return at left tackle doesn’t magically fix the rest.
