12-23-2019, 12:36 PM
(12-23-2019, 12:11 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: With all my heart I want Joe Burrow to succeed. I was thinking of a positive nickname like "Jungle Joe Burrow" because I desperately want every player on the Bengals' roster to achieve both personal and team greatness.
The more I think about it the more I understand the Bengals did Andy Dalton wrong; maybe it wasn't even purposeful. Here he is, a better than average quarterback who led the Bengals to five straight playoff appearances, and after the 2015 season the Front Office got stupid and started letting key players go. Between 2015 and the present day the Bengals parted with Kevin Zeitler, Andrew Whitworth, Marvin Jones, Mohamed Sanu, Benjarvus Green-Ellis, and Jeremy Hill. They were not replaced with equivalent quality players other than Joe Mixon. Andy, once surrounded by playmakers, had to make do with less and if we're being honest that was too much of an ask.
I don't think he needs a nickname. Just let him be Joe Burrow.
Again, the "Blowing" Joe is more of a play on the "Blow for Joe" and it will be what he is called. Especially after his first INT and bad game. This title is Bungle 4 Burrow. I have said I could call him "Bungling" Joe if that makes people happy.
I get it, being a Bengals fan means you want our players to win. I do too. However the more I see on this board from the posters and fans, I see a lot of them as insufferable and entitled.
To me, even with the losses the past 2 seasons, Dalton has done great and produced better than expectations. As you said these players all left without any real replacement. Add on that Eifert has been injured a LOT and Green even has missed significant time, it is too much to ask of any QB.
I don't even have to guess what Joe Burrow would do under these same conditions. I already know. Like Dalton, he won't be respected, he will instead be attacked. The only way that wouldn't happen is if he wins a playoff game. Unfortunately, he may never even make the postseason.
