11-13-2023, 01:18 PM
Joe Burrow had to have an appendectomy. Maybe you haven't noticed with all of the rules of tackling the quarterback, how many spleen, kidney, and appendix issues there have been, and how that often leads to one or maybe two more seasons of usefulness before being done. While Andrew Luck is the most famous example, there are hundreds of others at all levels. If there was a good backup for Burrow, maybe this team would have a future. Imagine that some front office hadn't realized what's been going on with quarterback abdomens and gave the Bengals two or three first round draft picks and maybe a second or a third for Burrow this past offseason before the draft, and they used those picks to trade up to get CJ Stroud. Then we could talk about the window of contention still being open.
