09-19-2023, 09:48 PM
(09-19-2023, 09:31 PM)jj22 Wrote: Reasonably you only want a backup to get you through a couple games (or even a half). I think even 2-2 will be tough given the D transitioning. This was the year we needed the Offense to hold them down for at least half of the season until they gelled. So relying on the D to hold a backup down is asking a lot this early.
It is asking a lot.
The number of games that a Backup QB has to get you through is an Unkown going into a season.
Given Burrow's injury, the Bengals may need this 4 game stretch out of their Backup QB.
This is the Backup QB's job and a Backup QB may be called on at any time & for any length of time to do that job.
If Browning is fit for his Job then he should be able to make a strong run at a 2 Win/2 Loss split.
If the Bengals believe that there is little chance that Browning can achieve a 2 and 2 split, then they should have Rostered someone else
that they could have more Faith in.
