This is one of those postings that may only interest me — AKA, I’m thinking about something and I answer it via a Chop Block post. There’s very little insight, story structure, or analysis here; just answering random musings from the couch during a stormy Cincinnati afternoon. There might not even be a conclusion; I’ll just stop when I’m finished.
When Cincinnati hosted Kansas City last year in the second week of the preseason, Andy Dalton’s performance was average (50% completions, 78.4 rating) and the running game was equally effective (or ineffective).