Who is our backup QB?

[George Cantstandya]

(05-28-2022, 10:18 PM)Emeritus Wrote:

The moral of the story is that if Burrow goes down are you "confident" that this guy can at least be .500. I only remember him against Pittsburgh. Thats all I'm saying.
I've heard reports that Joe likes him but that never in history won a game. 1822

Your post is a little confusing.  Are you talking about Brandon Allen?  If so he has only had one passing attempt against Pittsburgh in his career and that was last year during the Bengals 41-10 win.  Maybe you are thinking of Ryan Finley who is no longer with the Bengals and that game where he didn't play great but he and the team did just enough to get the win.  You know that picture of him smiling.  

That said, yeah if Burrow is injured for a few games the Bengals are probably screwed. If unfortunately that happens after the bye week it would be even worse given their opponents.  As of this year's schedule, at least on paper, there appears to be a small margin when it comes to losing games and making the playoffs given how stacked the AFC seems to be.   Let's hope with a revamped O-line it isn't something we have to worry about.

But also keep in mind when Allen replaced Burrow in 2020 he was playing behind the same terrible O-line.  According to KillerGoose data was one of the worst in team history.  Also Mixon was out for the year after week 6.  So maybe if in an unfortunate situation where he has to play, with a better O-line, the Bengals top tier list of receivers, and a decent running game he might do okay.  Who knows?  I hope we don't have to find out.