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Film Room: Moving the chains on 3rd down

One of the Cincinnati Bengals’ biggest issues this season has been failing to convert 3rd downs.

The issue hasn’t been being in too many 3rd and Longs. In fact, they have been worse at converting shorter distances to keep the drive alive.

This week, however, they converted an impressive 50 percent of their 3rd Down attempts.

Let’s take a look at how they did it, starting with four different conversions on 3rd and 1.

The Bengals come out in 11 personnel, with two receivers spread out wide on the bottom of the screen and Tee Higgins lined up close to tight end C.