A few days after Pro Football Focus ranked the Bengals pass-rushing unit top 10 in the NFL, they have a harsher judgement on their run-defense unit.
Entering the 2018 season, the Bengals find themselves with the 20th best run-stopping squad in the league, which puts them third in the AFC North and ahead of the Steelers, who were ranked 25th.
The main culprits to this ranking where the Bengals linebackers not named Vontaze Burfict. Burfict’s run grade from PFF was a stellar 85.8, which ranked 16th in the league at the position.