12-31-2019, 08:14 PM
(12-31-2019, 02:01 AM)BengalChris Wrote: Yeah, this front office is about as ho-hum as they come. Waiver wire pickups just aren't going to inspire me.
LBer and OL continue to be sore points despite numerous draft picks being spent on them, and with AJ likely gone there's another hole to fill with no one the roster ready to step up. Maybe they'll re-sign Green, but it just seems more likely that someone else with more to offer is going to step up and take AJ.
I hope AJ is gone...for two reasons. For one, I think he wants top dollar from the Bengals, otherwise he'll sign for less elsewhere. The other reason is that the guy can't stay healthy anymore. We need someone we can rely on if we're going to spend any significant money.
The thing people miss is that when someone like AJ misses all/most of a season, not only do we lose a talented playmaker, we're also wasting a good chunk of cap on someone who isn't contributing. A smart GM wouldn't get sentimental about AJ, he'd just cut ties with the aging/expensive/injury-prone player and distribute that money elsewhere. It's the smart move.
(12-31-2019, 02:12 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Yeah, but Joe’s from Ohio, not Southern California. We build em tough here.
(12-31-2019, 06:48 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: All very true, but I see more mental toughness with Burrow.
Get a good O-line in front of him and he should be fine, more than fine. But you are correct about the coaches.
Need to see improvement from them in every aspect and not put Burrow in a bad position where he cannot succeed.
I don't know, with how many games AJ misses due to injury he might not get as big of offers as you think.
I feel ya on mental toughness and CP being a rich Cali boy. That said, I don't think CP's mental toughness was as big a problem as poor drafting and bad FA moves, or a generally apathetic attitude towards FA in general. We took too long to address the defense, which was poor, and we also let the o-line deteriorate from 2007-2010.
We find a few good players like CP/Chad/Housh/Rudi or Andy/AJ/Dunlap/Geno and then the FO seems to rest on their laurels after that. They don't seize the opportunity. They're a lot like a MLB team in the playoff race that refuses to trade for help at the deadline.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
