09-27-2020, 09:32 AM
(09-27-2020, 07:25 AM)kevin Wrote: Again, the biggest thing I want to see is improvement on the O Line.
The biggest problem with Carson Palmer & Andy Dalton is they got hit more than any other NFL quarterbacks in NFL. They could have sued for non support. I expected 2020 O Line to start awful due to no preseason games. Still. it was hard to watch the hits Burrow took on every play first 2 games. He took a season worth of hits in first 5 days. The Bengals coach agrees. THAT HAS TO STOP.
So I don't want to see Burrow taking the beating he took first 2 games. Every time we see Burrow getting hit, even if he completes the pass, it means the O Line is going to get him killed if they don't start blocking. Some O Lines in NFL never let their QB get hit.
More than Defense or any other area of this team, my main concern is for the O Line to improve. Every time we see a defender hitting Burrow, or Burrow on the ground after a play, we will know the O Line blew it again. It's time these Fat Boys earned their paychecks also.
I want a Bengals win, sure, but this no blocking for the QB's in Cincinnati has to STOP.
I agree with you that the OL has to improve this year. That's obvious. But stating that Dalton, and especially Palmer took more hits than any QB's in the NFL is not even close to being true. Hell, two years when Palmer played all 16 games for the Bengals he was only sacked 17 and 19 times. Two other Bengals seasons where he played all 16 games he was sacked 26 times. I don't know what the league average is for a QB being sacked per season, but I KNOW 17 and 19 is way below average, and I would think 26 is either around league average or slightly below.
Palmer had two seasons in Arizona where he was sacked 40 and 41 times.
