(12-28-2022, 11:22 AM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: I think Burrow is great and he's certainly the most important piece of this team. I also think he will keep us relevant so in that sense our window is going to be open. But without a solid defense is he just outscoring the likes of Mahommes and Allen? I think what really worries me is I think secondaries are one of the toughest units to get right. I think Bates and Bell make a really good safety unit which helps our defense greatly and I fear that this may be the last year we see both of them on the field together.

Also on a side note. Reader is a beast and what Burrow does for offense he may do for the defense. Goodberry had some clips of him on his show this week and his play on that fumble against the Patriots was in insane. I know Bell knocked the ball out and Hill recovered but that play revolved around him.

(12-28-2022, 11:30 AM)Synric Wrote: I've heard alot about forward progress on that play but the refs were right to not blow the whistle. DJ Reader was pushing the RB backwards but did so with only his shoulder he never got his hands on the ball carrier so there is no tackle happening lol.

(12-27-2022, 04:58 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Could be correct, I do think maybe using a pump fake might help at times to negate some of the batted balls.

(12-28-2022, 11:42 AM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: I mean watching the play in Slow motion I could see the argument for blowing the whistle. But watching it in real time I thought he may bounce out of it the way the play looked. I'm sure they were about to blow the whistle but they've been letting plays go all year all across the league so it must be a point on emphasis to not blow plays dead to early.

(12-26-2022, 05:31 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Mike Thomas is a former Bengal because he had only 2 receptions on 10 targets from the most accurate Quarterback in NFL history.

Mitchell Wilcox? How about 17 receptions on 18 targets.

(12-28-2022, 04:21 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Our TEs are always check downs/in the flat. Especially Wilcox/Sample/Asiasi. Cannot compare to a WR. Apples & oranges. Though I agree Thomas did not offer much as a receiver and Wilcox at least catches everything thrown his way.

Bills QB Josh Allen and Bengals QB Joe Burrow have combined for 78 passing and rushing TDs this season. That ties the most combined TDs for two starting quarterbacks entering a game in NFL history.

(via @ESPNStatsInfo)

— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) December 29, 2022

(12-28-2022, 10:28 AM)Housh Wrote: Honestly with Burrow playing the way he is, he IS the window. Tom Brady had 20 different rosters through this career and made all of them at least solid. Peyton Manning made every roster decent.

Guys like Kyler Murray and Ryan Tannehill make rosters WORSE. So of course their windows were super small. Burrow is SMART and can make every throw as if it’s easy. No matter who we have on offense i think Burrow will get points outta them as long as we block for him. The only thing even the great Joe Burrow can’t overcome is pressure getting to him instantly.

(12-28-2022, 12:20 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: While I agree with this in theory, I don't think he really has time most snaps.

(12-29-2022, 11:23 PM)pally Wrote:

Bills QB Josh Allen and Bengals QB Joe Burrow have combined for 78 passing and rushing TDs this season. That ties the most combined TDs for two starting quarterbacks entering a game in NFL history.

(via @ESPNStatsInfo)

— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) December 29, 2022

(12-30-2022, 12:41 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: Yep.  Look no further than the recent performance of guys like Trenton Irwin and Mitchell Wilcox.  UDFAs, but with Burrow, playing very, very well.  

They call him Joe Cool, but @Bengals QB Joe Burrow (@JoeyB) was on ? this season!

? He's the third @NFL QB with 4,000+ passing yards, 35+ TD passes and 5+ rushing TDs in a single season.

? He has the most games with 400+ passing yards in his first three seasons all-time. pic.twitter.com/GJ4IznrYK2

— NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) January 11, 2023

(01-13-2023, 04:00 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Chase needs 96 yards against the Ravens to move into #2 in post season receiving yards for a players first 2 years, ahead of Randy Moss. 

He's 275 yards behind Charlie Brown at #1.

(01-13-2023, 04:03 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: So that Charlie Brown knew how to play football eh?

(01-13-2023, 04:00 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Chase needs 96 yards against the Ravens to move into #2 in post season receiving yards for a players first 2 years, ahead of Randy Moss. 

He's 275 yards behind Charlie Brown at #1.

(01-13-2023, 06:01 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: That should be the target.  He COULD get that before the Super Bowl, and then beat it against....SF?

(01-13-2023, 06:04 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: I'd like to see him get it against the 2nd round opponent.

(01-14-2023, 01:19 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: Third round for me....can't stand KC, State Farm (who spends hundreds of millions on ads and does crap for customers), the NFL bias, and I'm sick of the love for Mush Mouth.  He played a sissy schedule and the only good win was a beat up SF team that was struggling.  Don't hate them like steelers or rats, but just sick of them.  

(01-14-2023, 01:25 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: I don't care about Mahomes. What i'm saying is, if he gets it by the 2nd round game, that means he averaged about 138 per game to do it.