Last week, we were critical of OC Arthur Smith: bad scheme, bad plan, bad results in a loss to the Cleveland Browns. I’m still working through the tape in Sunday’s 44-point showing against the Cincinnati Bengals, but it’s safe to say Smith called a much better game to propel this offense to their most points since 2018.
Perhaps no call was better than the one Smith dialed up on WR Calvin Austin III’s 23-yard touchdown, the team’s second score of the day. Technically, it is not a red zone touchdown, but in the red zone “fringe,” where the problems are still the same: trying to create space in a more condensed area of the field.