ranking Bengals Qb's

[Nicomo Cosca]

(08-10-2022, 12:06 PM)tms Wrote: Yeah, I personally think it's both. Yes they were fortunate that their top players didn't miss a ton of games- but it's not because they were healthy. More just that they played through a lot. 

I'm curious to see how that will change now with the Bates squabble. I expect the ripple effects to be immediate- and significant. This team is uncommonly stingy with guaranteed money while guys like Ogunjobi put their hearts on the line and are left holding the bag in the end. Some of that is football, but it also illuminates how Bengals players have less margin for error than their peers around the league. Couple that with how Bates' agent also represents guys like Higgins and Ossai, and I don't expect Higgins and Wilson to be playing through labrums again... or Hendrickson through a concussion... or Mixon through a high ankle.... etc. etc. etc. 

I think last year the Bengals caught lightning in a bottle. It remains to be seen how they'll adjust now that agents have had a full offseason to plead with their clients to take care of themselves, using Larry Ogunjobi as Exhibit A and Jessie Bates as Exhibit B. Football players are consistently tough but the Gladiator identity is not sustainable. It tends to regress to the mean on account of all the money involved. That's the NFL. How Burrow manages that culture over time will dictate his success. 

Are you criticizing the Bengals for not matching the Bears in the original Ogunjobi deal, or letting the Steelers scoop him up after that fell through? Cause I don’t really think the Bengals did Ogunjobi dirty at all.