04-02-2020, 03:22 PM
As we all know, the Bengals haven't won a Playoff game longer than any other team.
If everyone recalls, the QB's they have had in Playoff games since 2000 have been a 2005 blown out knee Carson/Kitna, then only a running attack with Ced in 2009 and a Palmer arm not yet strong enough after surgery or with any good WR's.
Then, a young Dalton for 4 years straight, then McCarron in 2015. (Even though they should've won that game, it wasn't b/c of McCarron).
Either way, no Playoff wins with those QBs. They had stacked rosters in 2005 and 2015. They even blew that game at home against SD with Dalton and a stacked team. I didn't like the playcalling by Gruden either.
So, the stacked teams haven't panned out for us as other people have mentioned already. I think if they had elite QBs in all 7 of those games, they win some of those and maybe make a run. (The only exception to this whole post is the 2005 game. I think if Carson doesn't go down at the start of the game, Bengals win that one and Pittsburgh doesn't get another Lombardi. Oh well. Anyway, he was elite that year, better than Brady and Manning).
Elite/Generational QB's get it done in this league. It's a QB league, it's not a WR/DE/LB league.
If Burrow has the chance of having the "Juice", then you have to pull the trigger and not look back. No one will fault the Bengals for taking the CONSENSUS #1 rated QB in the Draft. But, they would get obliterated if they trade that pick for extra picks but watch Burrow have a great career or even worse a HOF career. We can't let that happen!!!
If everyone recalls, the QB's they have had in Playoff games since 2000 have been a 2005 blown out knee Carson/Kitna, then only a running attack with Ced in 2009 and a Palmer arm not yet strong enough after surgery or with any good WR's.
Then, a young Dalton for 4 years straight, then McCarron in 2015. (Even though they should've won that game, it wasn't b/c of McCarron).
Either way, no Playoff wins with those QBs. They had stacked rosters in 2005 and 2015. They even blew that game at home against SD with Dalton and a stacked team. I didn't like the playcalling by Gruden either.
So, the stacked teams haven't panned out for us as other people have mentioned already. I think if they had elite QBs in all 7 of those games, they win some of those and maybe make a run. (The only exception to this whole post is the 2005 game. I think if Carson doesn't go down at the start of the game, Bengals win that one and Pittsburgh doesn't get another Lombardi. Oh well. Anyway, he was elite that year, better than Brady and Manning).
Elite/Generational QB's get it done in this league. It's a QB league, it's not a WR/DE/LB league.
If Burrow has the chance of having the "Juice", then you have to pull the trigger and not look back. No one will fault the Bengals for taking the CONSENSUS #1 rated QB in the Draft. But, they would get obliterated if they trade that pick for extra picks but watch Burrow have a great career or even worse a HOF career. We can't let that happen!!!
