Did We get Lucky?

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(07-11-2022, 03:49 PM)J24 Wrote: With  Burrow tearing his ACL his rookie season?

I was watching the herd and they were talking about Andrew Lucks career and how it ended.  The very first  couple of seasons he lead a team that had  no business being in the playoffs to conference championship. As a result the Colts wouldd never be able to draft that top star to go along with Luck until  his last season in the NFL.

That got me thinking if Burrow  doesn't  get hurt we probably win more games to end the Season and it gets us out of the   Chase sweepstakes. If we do not have  Chase do we make the playoffs or Superbowl? Probably. not right? Also does our future look as bright without Chase?

Everything happens for a reason.  Brady was passed over until Round 6.  Did that fuel his greatness?  Seems so, as that rookie draft photo that has been circulated around doesn't look like a guy with the drive to do much at all.  Looked like he spent no time in the gym.

Did Burrow's injury at OSU give him the extra drive to prove himself at LSU?  Perhaps.  

Everyone is the sum of their experiences and how they handle them. 

Personally, I think everything fell in to place perfectly.  The fact that the Bengals ended up with Burrow and Chase here had to be astronomical odds.  But here we are.