The Cincinnati Bengals lost this game on fundamentals. New England played a much cleaner game, and that was that.
Oddly, the one area where they didn’t really lose was blocking. For the first time in as long as I can remember, blocking was the least of their problems. Getting off blocks, however, is a different story altogether.
Disengage
Run D pic.twitter.com/QOnRBLLKBj
— Matt (@CoachMinich) September 9, 2024
Although there were times when they lost gap integrity, the run defense’s real problem was not getting off of blocks.