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Film Room: The re-emergence of Tyler Eifert and Tyler Boyd It’s no secret that Andy Dalton and the Bengals passing game has leaned heavily on A.J. Green over the last two seasons. Green has been one of the best in the league since his rookie season Womens Andrew Billings Jersey , and with Tyler Eifert’s injuries and the departure of Mohamed Sanu and Marvin Jones Jr., it is understandable that Dalton would heavily target his classmate from the 2011 NFL Draft. However, this was a big problem for the Bengals offense as a whole. Defenses would focus on taking away Green and at times Dalton forces the ball to Green risking an interception. The lack of talent around Green would also lead to stale route combinations and a general absence of quick separation from Dalton’s targets. That is no longer a problem in 2018 with Eifert’s health and the emergence of Tyler Boyd. This was demonstrated all throughout their Week 3 matchup with the Carolina Panthers.Tyler EifertHere Eifert is split out wide to the bottom of the screen and is running a slant to the backside of the run action. This is a run-pass option (RPO) that has become a staple of the Bengals offense and Eifert’s role within it. This shows that they trust Eifert to make tough catches in situations where he is going to take a hit. Eifert shakes off the first would-be tackler, showing that he still has his strength to gain yards after the catch.This is a mesh concept with Eifert running a drag route from the top of the screen and Green running one from the bottom. Both read the zone coverage deployed by Carolina, and settle into a void within the zone. On the 3rd-and-5 play, Dalton trusts Eifert who is just shy of the first down to make the catch and be physical enough to get the first down. His confidence is rewarded as Eifert shakes off the first defender and stumbles for a few additional yards and the first down.This is the same drive that Boyd will later keep alive with his long reception on third down that we’ll get to later. Without both plays, C.J. Uzomah’s game-tying touchdown never happens.This is yet another extremely impressive play by Eifert. He is running up the seam with a defender right on his hip, and Dalton whips a risky pass high giving Eifert an opportunity to make a play. Eifert comes up with contested catch despite the fact that Carolina safety Colin Jones plays the ball pretty well and gets his arm between Eifert’s arms. Although this play occurs around the 50-yard-line, it demonstrates why Eifert is such a red zone threat. His contested catch ability is incredible. Having him as a complement to Green gives this passing game great versatility. As does...Tyler BoydOn the first play of the game, the Bengals called Boyd’s number. As Green runs and settles into the short middle zone, he draws the attention of the defense. Meanwhile, Boyd runs a deeper crossing route. Green is always going to warrant the most attention, and stacking the two as the Bengals do here with motion causes brings the defenses eyes to Green and helps create this opportunity for Boyd to move the chains.On this 3rd-and-10 play in the second quarter, Dalton finds Boyd on a deep out pattern for a 23-yard gain. This is a huge play that keeps the drive alive and leads to a game-tying touchdown. Dalton and offensive coordinator Bill Lazor show that they trust Boyd by going to him in this key situation.Dalton is pressured and forced out of the pocket here but keeps his eyes down field. The only receiver who realizes that Dalton is scrambling and works his way back into his line of sight is Boyd. He is repaid for his efforts with a 27-yard touchdown reception on an impressive play for both players.That touchdown wasn’t a fluke either. On this next play Womens John Miller Jersey , Dalton once again feels the pressure and scrambles to his left. He again finds Boyd in a void in the Panthers defense. This demonstrates that Boyd has an understanding of how to react when Dalton scrambles and that Dalton trusts him to be where he is supposed to be.Although the Bengals lost, Boyd and Eifert stepped up and showed they can be counted on as part of a prolific passing attack. The pair was tied for the team lead in receptions on the day with six. Boyd had 132 yards and a touchdown and Eifert had 74 yards. Green was just behind them with 5five receptions for 58 yards, but he also left the game early in the second half due to injury. This trio will need to keep performing at their highest level in order for the Bengals to make a playoff run in 2018. A loss is a loss, but the Week 8 loss to the Rams is the best loss of the season since the opener.The Bengals did a lot of things right. The offense gained over 400 yards, ran the ball for almost double their season average, and won the time of possession battle.But there were some things that they didn’t do so well. For one, they gave up almost 400 passing yards, and looked totally incapable of stopping the pass. They also turned the ball over on downs twice inside the Rams’ ten yard line. It was good that they even got down there in the first place, but if they came away with zero points each time, then it was all for nothing.The Bengals get a week off this week, so they’ll have time to rest up and get some key players back.What did the Bengals learn from the 24-10 loss to the Rams?Tyler Eifert got hotTyler Eifert got six catches for 74 yards on Sunday, which is the best production he’s had since he had the exact same production in Week 3 of last season. He’s finally back to his regular self, out gaining his previous season high in yardage by nearly 50 yards.Eifert played for 72 percent of the teams’ snaps, which is more than Joe Mixon had. You gotta figure that’s about what we would expect out of him if he was 100 percent healthy all of the time.Pessimists will say the Bengals just increased his load so they could showcase him before the trade deadline. We’ll see if that’s the case Trey Hopkins Jersey , but if not then there’s no reason they shouldn’t use him like that if he suits up for the Bengals against the Ravens on November 10th. Eifert’s production this week should demonstrate a valuable lesson to the Bengals: use what you have.Over the past few weeks, Dalton just seems he’s almost exclusively looking for Tyler Boyd. Even though Boyd is a great receiver, but this meant that teams took him away and forced Dalton to look somewhere else. At times Auden Tate and Alex Erickson have stepped up, and in this case it was Eifert who benefited. This shows that Dalton needs to spread the ball around to keep the defense on their toes.The good news is that A.J. Green is supposed to be back on the other side of the bye week. Dalton should have Green, Boyd, Eifert, and Tate at his disposal. This won’t solve all their problems, but should make it easier to move the ball down the field.Lou Anarumo lost the chess match to Sean McVayCooper Kupp had a game, and he may be the best receiver the Bengals have seen this season. He was a huge part of the Rams’ game plan, as he hauled in seven of ten targets for 220 yards and a touchdown.To give some credit to Lou Anarumo, he just lay there and take it. He really tried.The Bengals tried covering Kupp with one-one-one coverage with Tony McRae. That didn’t work. So then they tried zone coverage. Kupp settle right in between the zones and scored on a trick play. Then the Bengals tried man coverage, but doubling Kupp with a safety. He still made plays.Sean McVay ripped this defense apart, but the Bengals were probably looking in the wrong direction defensively.The manual on how to beat Jared Goff is out there. Even the Buccaneers (yes, those Buccaneers) figured it out. You have to disguise your looks and confuse Goff.The Bengals did this once Cordy Glenn Jersey , and three defenders dropped a near interception.The rest of the time, the Bengals just let the play develop the way McVay drew it up. The Bengals’ ended up giving up 470 total yards on the day, so it’s not hard to see who won that battle.So while Anarumo tried, it just wasn’t enough. He couldn’t go toe-to-toe with McVay in the chess match.Adjustments are a real thingWe finally have a head coach who makes adjustments, and it’s paying off—at least, a little bit.It’s no coincidence that the Bengals’ decreased the number of rushing plays every quarter. While the running game was off to a good start, the Rams started adjusting and stopping the run.The only problem with that is the Bengals didn’t start making counter adjustments until it was too late. They were so dependent on the run in the third quarter that they couldn’t move the ball. As always, they had things figured out by the fourth quarter, but by then it was too late.Just like the way McVay was continually beating the Bengals’ defense, Zac Taylor needs to figure out how to keep making counter adjustments for his offense.Taylor needs to get some lessons from his former boss, since it seems to be working out well for McVay.