Earlier in the year, Coach Lewis said, the Bengals are going to run the ball more and become a more power-based, ball control type offense.  I thought that is good, because even in the days of the high-powerd Bengal offense, they would score so quickly the Defense was often times exposed.

Well here is an article from Pat Kirwan confirming the trend in the NFL to buck Defenses compensation for spread offenses with quick, athletic, speedy defenders...GO BIG!:

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http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80854ee1&template=with-video&confirm=true

Trend watch: Is power offense making a comeback?

By Pat Kirwan  |  NFL.com Senior Analyst

May and June are considered the quiet months in the NFL, but there are still plenty of interesting developments to ponder and look forward to. Lets' tackle a few...

Will bigger be better?

As we continue to see defenses get faster and more athletic to handle all the matchup problems offenses throw at them, perhaps it is time for offenses to try a different tact. The trend is to use 230-pound middle linebackers who can get to the deep middle, 250-pound defensive ends who are best known as pass rushers, safeties with corner skills who are a bit undersized from the old-school 6-foot-2, 225-pounder, in-the-box strong safeties, weakside backers who are converted safeties, and extra defensive back packages based on down and distance. The defenses did what they had to do -- build units based on speed.