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The numbers tell us how opponents’ success on third down impacted the Bengals defense

Imagine 100 football coaches were polled for an episode of Sportsball Family Feud on ESPN 8: The Ocho. The question host Steve Harvey would ask: “What is important for winning football games?”

The episode is recording, and it’s just the first round. Harvey asks the question to a venture capitalist from North Carolina and a 9th-grade Social studies teacher from Missouri going against one another representing their families. Harvey just finished letting the word “games” roll off his tongue and the social studies teacher slams her hand down on the button. She says with confidence “Success on third down Steve!