07-09-2021, 05:33 PM
(07-09-2021, 05:22 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So you are saying that with Mixon healthy all year, Chase replacing the least productive starting WR in the league last year (Green) and Reif replacing Bobby Hart the Bengals will only score an extra 1.5 points per game.
Comments like this are just as silly as the ones claiming we will be one of the top offenses in the league. Adding Reif and Chase plus having MIxon all year will not make this offense unstoppable, but it should improve a lot more than 1.5 points per game.
I am in the group saying 10th to 15th in points scored. Top half of the league but not elite.
I think the question will be though is can Chase break the curse of Bengals 1st round draft picks. Can he stay healthy all year? I think pretty much every #1 draft pick we've had has missed multiple games if not the whole season to injuries for like the last 7 or 8 years.
The the next question comes into play does Mixon play a whole season. He has played 1 full seasons with 16 games and that was 2019. We'll see if he can stay healthy.
As far as the OL, Reiff is a nice addition. However, that OL is still VERY thin and if they have 1 or 2 injuries on that OL you're back to where you were in 2019. A smart team would've done what the LA Chargers did and went out and invested in their OL. Protect the franchises QB, but no the Bengals decided after spending $100M on defense in 2019 they needed to spend another $100M on defense in 2020 instead of adding valuable pieces along the OL and protect JB.
