12-23-2019, 02:57 PM
(12-23-2019, 02:32 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: OK, this is starting to get silly. If you have a roster that needs upgraded in several different areas - including QB - then taking a QB who is believed to have franchise type potential is an attempt to improve the team. If Burrow is the pick, then you've hopefully addressed one position and can check it off the list, and then move on to the others. The same would be true if they take Young, for example. He would potentially add a dominant DE that would upgrade the d-line, but then you still have to tackle all the others areas of need.
If they think Burrow is the right guy to lead this franchise going forward, then they need to take him and work their asses off to reshape this roster into one that can compete, and that would include being active in free agency and filling some of the needs with proven, quality talent. Will they do that? i'm not exactly holding my breath, but we'll see.
As for Andy, it's just time to move on. I've supported Andy since day 1 but both he and the team just needs a fresh start. Andy certainly gets too much of the blame at times and he sure as hell isn't the only issue with this team, but having said that...he isn't blameless either. After 9 years, similar to Marvin after 16, the end results just aren't there. I don't see any reason to keep kicking the can down the road.
Have I said NOT to take a QB? Did my post say that Bungling Burrow will be the reason for our failures? No.
I said that Burrow will not lead us to success. You have even said that Burrow hasn't played a down of NFL football, yet you think his selection makes us better? That is what is silly.
If we do take Burrow, which we will. Then I expect a post season appearance next year. Why? Simply because the only reason we have been bad the past few years according to some is because of our QB. Our Line is fine, the defense is fine, the Run game is fine. So the only missing piece is the QB.
Not just any QB, but a QB that won the Heisman... a QB that is "special", has "intangibles" and is a "competitor".
I was hoping that Taylor would have the sense to see that the issues on this team started to erode when some players left and no replacement was made to those players. Whitworth leaving should have impacted the OLine, and the Bengals did try to replace him with 2 guys that were "special".... however letting Zeitler go and keeping Kirkpatrick was a silly move. Especially before having Whitworth replaced.
Now the OLine is still not fixed and we will have a big ? at QB, hoping and praying that he is half as good as the hype claims him to be. We keep losing quality players (except posters on this board don't see Dalton as quality) before fixing the holes made by the vacated spots before them.
So, instead of the optimism, let's look at this realistically. Burrow isn't even half as good as the hype and is more like Sam Bradford than Peyton Manning. Worse he is Akili Smith 2.0. We still don't have the OLine fixed since, Williams is just one guy and we have 4 out of 5 holes to fill. What does that do to our franchise? Yep, it sets us back... as in repeating of the 90s back.
