01-09-2020, 11:01 PM
(01-09-2020, 08:53 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: And here I think this approach is more important than ever seeing as how most QBs these days aren't starters for at least 3 years in college anymore when you're looking at first round QBs. There's guys coming into the NFL with just 1 year as a starter in college. That 1 year of sitting in the NFL could do wonders.
Joe Burrow is obviously the pick, but it does worry me that he was only the starter for 2 years, and only good for 1 of those 2 years. I think sitting a year behind a good vet would greatly enhance his chances of NFL success. Doubly so considering it'd give the Bengals an extra year to un-F their OL since we pretty much can all assume they aren't going to do it in FA this offseason.
I don't want Burrow playing behind Jonah Williams, Billy Price, Tre Hopkins, Michael Jordan, Bobby Hart.... and I don't want Burrow playing in Zac Taylor's awful offense. Hopefully in another year neither of those will be a thing to worry about.
You honestly raise some good points and if we do zilch in free agency again, I at least think we should consider sitting him a year until Mike finally wakes up and realizes his o-line has sucked for 5 years.
That said, it's hard to envision Zac going 2-14 and then giving a redshirt year to the star QB. That said, he probably won't be fired either way, so I guess it doesn't matter. Fans will be pissed and I'd say rightfully so, but Mike has never cared what fans think.
I guess it depends on how much they want to get out of that cheap rookie contract. A smart team would trim fat contracts like Dalton, Glenn, Kirkpatrick and possibly Green. We're not a smart team though. Kinda tough to predict what Mike will do.
My guess is that we do very little in free agency, we cut Dalton out of respect (and lack of a trade market), we "fill all needs" through the draft and start Burrow to drive ticket sales. Green is the situation to watch. I doubt we want to give him a big contract after the injuries, but I could see us slapping a tag on him.
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