The offensive line has a limit set of stats. And we all know that stats are everything when comparing players -- FYI, that's sarcasm. Anyway, here's a few Bengals offensive line numbers that might, or might not, interest you. Note: Eric Ghiaciuc's numbers were unavailable at Stats Inc.
| Players | Penalties | Yards | False Starts | Holding | Sacks Allow. |
| Andrew Whitworth | 7 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Levi Jones | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobbie Williams | 5 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Stacy Andrews | 7 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Willie Anderson | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Stepanovich | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Kooistra | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
With all that said, I wanted to promote the line using Football Outsider's numbers. The offensive line set a franchise low giving up 17 sacks. The offensive line had the second best adjusted sack rate -- sacks per pass attempt adjusted for opponent, down and distance -- in the NFL.
Alternatively, the Bengals offensive line ranked 17th with a 4.15 adjusted line yards -- weight of success depending on situation and yards gained (more explanation here).
Power success -- percentage of runs on third (or fourth) down with two yards or less to go that achieved either a first down or a touchdown -- is very good. The Bengals offensive line ranked 7th converting at a 73% clip.
Only 7% of their runs recorded 10 yards or more (30th in NFL) with a 24% stuffed rate -- 19th in NFL. Stuffed is explained: " Percentage of runs that result in (on first down) zero or negative gain or (on second through fourth down) less than one-fourth the yards needed for another first down. Since being stuffed is bad, teams are ranked from stuffed least often (#1) to most often (#32)."
While many of the Bengals rushing problems could be directed at the offensive line. There was also successful items that could be directly attributed to the line.