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(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 don't think Mixon is anywhere near as good as the hype, and the IOL won't let him show it even if he is. 

They're also an inevitable Jonah Glass Williams injury away from D'Ante Smith being one of your starting Ts and Reiff hasn't played 16 games since 2015. So solid chance we'll have a game or two of D'Ante Smith/Fred Johnson as your LT/RT duo.

Plus at the end of the day, it's still Zac Taylor calling the plays and he's never had a successful offense before.

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You might think it's "silly" but 21.5 is a jump of 2.1 points from 2020. That's a pretty significant jump. To give context, the Bengals only jumped 3.4 points from 2014 to 2015 and that was when they got Marvin Jones back and Tyler Eifert had his 13 TD season.

So yes, I don't think Joe Mixon and rookie Ja'Marr Chase are going to have as big of an impact as when Marvin Jones replaced Brandon Tate/Dane Sanzenbacher and Eifert had a 13 TD season.


(As an aside, you mentioned Reiff replacing Hart... weren't you the biggest Bobby Hart fan around? I seem to recall you trying to endlessly tell everyone how good he is and he was just being underrated because of his entry performance. How is Reiff suddenly now a huge upgrade in your mind? I mean, I think he is. But since when did you?)