A well-oiled machine, the Bengals offense was not last season. They were 22nd in Football Outsider’s offensive DVOA metric, and focusing specifically on passing and rushing offense, they ranked 21st and 20th respectively.
Diving deeper in their metrics, their offensive line was 24th in adjusted line yards in run blocking and 20th in adjusted sack rate. Looking at Setting the Edge’s adjusted statistics, they were a bottom 10 unit in yards per rush, turnover %, yards per play, and 1st down %.
The lack of production from the unit as a whole was subpar, and this was due to a scarcity of execution and proper personnel, not a misguided vision or an improper plan, per say.