Cincy Bengals Talk - Top Defensive Players Bengals Could Target

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(04-11-2025, 01:40 PM)Whatever Wrote: The Bengals ran 1080 plays on offense last year, so if Brown gets 500, the rookie gets 300, and Perrine gets 200, that leaves 80 for Moss, empty sets, and change.     I suspect we would we see Brown closer to 400 if we had a highly drafted rookie, though.

Taking one high may also mean they cut Moss and use his cap savings to shore up another area, like G with Dalton Rusher or S with Justin Simmons.

FWIW, Brown got 686 offensive snaps last year.
I was saying 500+ because I was already factoring in some decline.
I would be shocked (disappointed?) if he was reduced down close to 400.

I guess what I am more expecting is any RB rookie to be more in a true backup role like we've seen with RBs in years past when Mixon and Moss were the starters.

2023 - Mixon played 70% of the offensive snaps.
2024 - Moss played 62% of the offensive snaps before he went out to injury, >65% the first month of the season.

So what I expect is Brown to get 60-70% of the offensive snaps (600+).
I expect Perine to get ~20% of the snaps primarily for his role as a pass blocker (around 200).
I am expecting any rookie RB to get ~200 snaps and end up having only ~50-100 touches and putting up just around 300-400 YFS, and a plan for that RB to get more touches after Perine is no longer on the team.

Maybe that changes if they are really considering a RB in the middle rounds and really do look to have Brown around 400-500 snaps, rookie RB to have 300+ snaps, and Perine filling out the rest. I'm just skeptical based on previous usage of RBs in the Taylor era.
I feel like if Taylor really wanted to run an offense with more of a RBBC, he would have by now.