03-13-2022, 04:17 PM
(03-13-2022, 04:00 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Then the worst thing you can do is have a weak defense so that Burrow will have to throw 40+ times every game.
Carson Palmer got injured behind a Bengal O-line that set the team record for fewest sacks allowed. No O-line is going to keep the QB from ever getting hit. So a good way to protect him is to have a lead and a decent defense so he does not have to throw every down.
The Bengals do not have a weak defense. They have invested in Reader, Hubbard, Hendrickson, Bates, Hilton, Wilson. Pratt, etc. all quality NFL starters. They do not have NFL caliber starters on the OL.
A qb can be hurt on any play, but the odds go up when you are hit 74 times vs. Brady who was sacked 22 times.
Like I said, it’s impossible to prove you are right when you are wrong.
