Cedric Benson falls to third in the league; Daniel Coats leads NFL with five drops

by Josh Kirkendall on Oct 20, 2009 2:50 PM EDT in Stats

In the third and fourth quarter, Cedric Benson ran four times for 10 yards rushing. What? That's it. How do the Bengals take the leading rusher in the NFL and, by in large, neutralize him with the play-calling? Maybe it's simple. You could argue that it's understandable that the Bengals were somewhat dismissive with the running game, sporting an 11-point deficit with 2:29 left in the third quarter. But there's a lot of time left. Keep establishing the run game. I agree. And yes, I converse with myself. A lot. However, the Bengals were struggling. In the third quarter, the offense recorded two first downs -- both by penalty. The Bengals defense was on the field for 11 minutes and 11 seconds. There just wasn't any rhythm because the offense went three and out twice and gift wrapped a fumble with 10:13 left in the third quarter. And, as a result, Cedric Benson had his worst outing of the season.

Adrian Peterson picked up 143 yards on 22 carries against the Baltimore Ravens last Sunday to retake the league lead by a whopping 93 yards rushing over Cedric Benson. Chris Johnson, now the league's second-leading rusher, also had a monster game for a team that was utterly destroyed, rushing for 128 yards on 17 carries.

Category	Stat	Rank
Yards Rushing	531	3rd
Touchdowns Rushing	4	t-7th
Rushing First Downs	22	6th
Carries	127	1st
10-yard or more rushes	14	t-3rd
Amount of times stuffed	10	t-12th
Yards Rushing on First and Ten	248	5th
Conversions on Third-<3	71.4% (5/7)	13th
Yards / Carry: Carries 11-20	4.4	14th
Yards / Carry: After 21 carries	4.2	7th

Passes Dropped. Of the top 24 players that have dropped the most passes, four are Cincinnati Bengals players. Thankfully, we're not alone. The Cleveland Browns have four players in the top-24 also. Who are the Bengals players?

Player	Drops	Rank
Daniel Coats	5	t-1st
Laveranues Coles	4	t-6th
Cedric Benson	3	t-12th
Chad Ochocinco	3	t-12th

Targets: Chad Ochocinco is the most targeted receiver on the Bengals with 53.

Stats from Stats.com

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Coats is ridiculous

and most of his drops were touchdowns.

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by TennBengalfan on Oct 20, 2009 3:43 PM EDT reply actions

john thorton called coats out on his twitter

“Coats is gonna become the Dennis Rodman of football. People are gonna keep leavin him wide open…”

by palewook on Oct 21, 2009 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Ouch! :)

But fully deserved. If the guy can’t catch the ball, find somebody who can.

by FriarBob on Oct 21, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Lets see more Chris Henry!!!!

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by TennBengalfan on Oct 20, 2009 4:50 PM EDT reply actions

congrats to coates and colds

only top ten list those 2 will make these season

by palewook on Oct 20, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions

coats is is a fuckin loser...

literally the only player i don’t like on the bengals.

by GrooveLeg on Oct 20, 2009 5:54 PM EDT reply actions

is there a stat that shows the percentage of drops to catches

by smoormandiddy on Oct 20, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions

Why doesn’t Benson get carries in the 2nd half? Maybe because almost half (46%) of his carries have been for 2 yards or less.

There’s two ways to see Benson’s performance this year: look at the stat totals and ejaculate, or actually watch the games and see how many drives were killed by consecutive <3 yard runs. Admittedly against Green Bay he was off like a rocket, 4 of his first 6 carries for double-digit gains, but aside from that short stretch he’s been a drive-killer. Against Houston over 56% were under 3 yards. At Baltimore he had some good runs, but he also had over 55% of his carries go for less than 3. He needs to consistently get 3+ yards to keep drives alive, it’s that simple.

by indesignkat on Oct 20, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions

Unrealistic expectations

If he’s getting consistently more than 3 yards every time he touches it, then his yards/carry would be out of control (6+ yards/carry and no one is doing that while getting more than 16 carries/game). Honestly, the only way you can average 4-4.5 yards/carry AND get 3+ yards every time is if you never get more than 8 yards on a carry. Look at any RB who gets 15+ carries a game and I bet you’ll see about half of their carries go for less than 3 yards (except maybe Chris Johnson).
Benson’s been tearing it up except for the Denver and Houston games. I think your real complaint is with Brat for calling 3 running plays in a row.

by Heywood on Oct 20, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t mean always more than 3, I mean 3 or more. It’s a big difference. When over half your carries are for 2 yards or less there’s obviously a problem.

by indesignkat on Oct 20, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions

read this: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=fleming/091019&sportCat=nfl

Flem notes problems with Rey Maualuga, and our run offense

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by TennBengalfan on Oct 20, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=fleming/091019&sportCat=nfl

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by TennBengalfan on Oct 20, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions

copy and paste it

i dont know why it doesnt link

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by TennBengalfan on Oct 20, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Because titles never do. Put it in the body of the post instead.

Oh and the auto-tag barfs on the / marks in the “predicate” of the link. (That’s the part after the ? symbol.) So to really make sure you get a link, paste the text into this body area, highlight it, then click the little “chain” icon and copy the text into that little pop-up box as well.

by FriarBob on Oct 21, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions