For those that can remember the Blake years

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(05-11-2020, 12:05 AM)impactplaya Wrote: I thought Palmer had better talent around him than Blake had
Heck Palmer had better coaches
Blake had to put up 24 a game just to keep it close

Truth.

Blake made the Bengal's selection of Klingler look horrible, which it was, by being a third string QB that beat out a #1 overall pick and it wasn't even close.  Klingler was a square peg trying to be forced in to a round hole.  Rather than design a run-and-shoot offense like he ran at Houston, they tried to force him in to their style and with poor offensive line play combined with his slow processing (he came from a one-read offense) got the guy killed.  

Blake's mobility and deep ball opened things up a bit for the offense and even Harold Green had a bit of a return to form when Carter went down.  

The defense at that time was awful.  Every game was going to be a shoot out if they were going to win.