Green, Boyd, Ross, Eifert, Mixon
I don't like the sound of that but the real issue will be Bengals front 7 vs our O line.
Defense will be fine so long as we can shut the run down. Though Mixon is the type of back that would give us trouble. We match up well with those receivers now that Tavon is back and Eifert will probably tear his ACL or something mid game like he always does. Eifert is the best TE in the division, but we do have two young freak athlete LBs that kind of excel at this coverage thing in Tyus Bowser and Kenny Young, as well as having Jefferson return to his role in Arizona where he was very effective at covering the TEs. We shut the run game down, their oline is still likely worse than ours is, and well if the Bengals let ex-Bengals bust Marcus Hunt have the game of his life, then imagine what's going to happen when Suggs shifts over to the right side and we alternate between Timmy, Judon, and Bowser too.
I know everyone is worried at Skura vs Atkins. But Yanda, even if he is rusty, will be on him, and Yanda should be able to do just fine. Stanley is still Stanley is pass protection and Lawson and Dunlap are going to have their hands full. If there is anything Alex Lewis is good at it's pass protection... Which leaves Skura and Hurst.
I'll make this brief. Orlando Brown better be seeing significant time as the sixth olineman this game. Alex Collins is good at runs to the outside and if we can establish the run this game, WE ARE GOING TO WIN. But ultimately, the oline has next to no cohesion yet, and we are starting two utter liabilities in Hurst and Skura, as well as a guy in Lewis who's a good pass protector but still hasn't adjusted to run blocking yet, as well as having Yanda who is still rusty as all hell, and Stanley also coming off of an injury. And yet, we're a smart coaching decision away from having a good oline if we decide to start Brown Jr. At RT(And no
@RavensMania.. This isn't a debateable issue. Harbaugh is being a complete moron for doing this. I don't care if Brown Jr has less experience and needs to learn the playbook more. Hurst may know the playbook and has more experience but his experience SUCKS and we know he sucks). I do believe that once the oline has more playing time together they'll get much better at run blocking(assuming Harbaugh actually decides to look past his favorite son in favor of the far more talented player).
But yeah. I don't think we can run the ball vs. The Bengals. Atkins, Billings, and Dunlap are just going to eat us alive in that regard. We're going to need to run an insane amount of misdirection and three TE sets. Which is where we really miss the good Hurst
