11-19-2023, 09:04 PM
(11-19-2023, 08:41 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Yes, Joe Burrow is out for the season. Yes, the Bengals are last place in the AFC North. Ticket sales are dropping, fans are despondent, and the sports analysts are gleeful because they’ve projected the Bengals to completely implode. Some fans even want the team to tank on purpose to secure an earlier draft pick.
I’m against tanking for any reason. I want the Bengals to feed the NFL and the smarmy television analysts a big shitburger and make the playoffs anyway.
It’s possible. The defense needs to burn or shred the scheme used against Baltimore and Houston and do whatever they did against San Francisco and Buffalo. Zac needs to switch to a run-first offense even if it means using an extra offensive lineman.
If the Bengals’ record was 4-6 or worse then I might make me more sympathetic to those who want to tank. Let’s beat the Steelers and then move on to the next game.
We’re not making the playoffs. It was 50/50 if we would make it with a healthy JB. What does proving some nfl commentaries wrong do for the Bengals next year? I don’t think we’ll purposely try to lose, but time to start some backups and rookies. Ride with Browning, give Charlie Jones 50% of TB slot snaps. Give Yoshi 50% of Tee’s snaps. Tee will probably nurse that hammy anyways. No sense in coming back and risking a larger issue and a huge pay day he’ll be getting.
I would bench Volson and see who else can play. Start Battle and Turner. Awuzie is gone next year. Start Murphy and just move Hubbard to the inside.
That should secure is a top 10 pick and find out who can play and who can’t. This team wasn’t very good before. They had glimpses against Buff (are they even that good?) and SF (are the as good as they were last year?).
If we won 1 more game in 2020, we wouldn’t have Chase. If we won one more game in 2019 we wouldn’t have JB. Each draft slot is crucial when you’re picking in the top 1-10.
