Bengals Defense Concerned Ravens Will Exploit Major Weakness – Heavy.com

Bengals Defense Concerned Ravens Will Exploit Major Weakness  Heavy.com

Coming off a bye week, the Cincinnati Bengals find themselves fourth in the AFC North. It's not where they had hoped to be at this point in the season, but with 12 games left, there's plenty of time to figure things out. One thing the bye week did do was give the Bengals a chance to look in the mirror and figure out what has gone wrong so far this season. On the defensive side of the ball, that includes containing outside runs and keeping quarterbacks from scrambling. Incidentally, those are strengths that the Baltimore Ravens, their next opponent, pride themselves on offensively. As it stands now, the Ravens are 4-2. That puts them in a three-way tie for first in the AFC North.

That makes every game against a conference rival that much more important. So, the Bengals have been focusing on those outside runs. Cincinnati Bengals Defensive Coordinator Al Golden on Outside Runs One thing is clear, the Bengals are aware of the issues that they have on outside runs. Defensive coordinator Al Golden recently shared that it's become a point of emphasis for the Bengals. “We must improve on the perimeter run game,” Golden said. “That’s one of the things we are working through right now and just trying to make sure conceptually and tactically we’re doing