Burrow Proved Himself

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(09-20-2021, 05:18 PM)Southpaw Frerotte Wrote: Um, I guess it depends what you're striving for.  If you're striving for mediocrity with a chance to win the division every few years, then yeah I guess those were the "good ol' days."  For those who want the Bengals to win a championship, then it's quite clear neither Marvin Lewis or Zac Taylor can do that.  

At this point, I only hope Burrow can make it through this season relatively healthy and next season he's provided with coaching that warrants his skill set.  Two games into this season, he's 3rd in sacks, 8th in times pressured and tied for 8th worst pocket time and most of that can be attributed to a poor offensive line (shocker), missed assignments and poor playcalling which falls on the coach.  

Dalton wouldn't be getting this kind of "proven himself" recognition with a 3-8-1 record. And I think that is the point. Whatever you feel about the Marvin/Dalton/Green era, it was better then what we are getting and may ever get again. 

I think many fans are "new" Marvin era fans. So they don't recognize what we are seeing. They think there's a shot at winning seasons and Superbowls under MB's leadership. What they don't realize and what those who were fans before Marvin do, is THIS is the MB Bengals. Marvin was the outlier. What we see is what we will get going forward and have gotten outside that 17 year Marvin stretch.