Joe Burrow Mic'd Up

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(10-07-2020, 03:07 PM)bengals67 Wrote: I really loved and appreciated Andy but Joe is in a different universe concerning ability as an NLF QB.

Andy always locked into his primary target whereas it seems to me that Joe has an uncanny ability to read the field and go through his progressions. Maybe one of you true football geeks can correct me on this.

Responding to some other threads, the Bengals are batshit crazy if they don't prioritize all of their personnel chips, draft picks or free agents, into building this kid a first class o line.

Adequately supported, Burrow clearly has multiple Super Bowl potential if he doesn't get killed because of an awful o line.

(10-07-2020, 05:36 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Dude has it all, he is an infectious personality to go along with all his hard work and talent.

Speaking of the O-line, if you were a Lineman, wouldn't you just love to block for this guy?

As Trey Hop says, they are going to war for him.

But of course I agree with you Bengals67 that the OL as is, is unacceptable, need about 3 more badazzes to keep Burrow safe.

These two posts are absolutely fantastic.  First, I liked what Carson Palmer and Andy Dalton brought to the team but I'm beginning to see some GOAT-like qualities in Joe Burrow.  Andy Dalton did indeed lock onto AJ Green a lot but not so much from 2012 through 2015 when guys like Marvin Jones and Mohamed Sanu were on the roster.  Letting those two get away was a big mistake; almost as big a mistake as letting Andrew Whitworth walk.

Before the season I wondered why the Bengals barely altered the offensive line room but after seeing a few games I have some theories.  First, I think the coaching staff had a little too much "it's Andy's fault" going on; this turned out to be incorrect.  I like Joe far better than Andy but behind a bad offensive line Joe couldn't do much either. Next, simply adding Xavier Su'a-Filo wasn't enough nor was drafting Hakeem Adeniji.  

Like the posters I quoted said, the Bengals know their weakness: Offensive line (and defensive line).  What I saw against Jacksonville was encouraging but, again, it's the Jaguars who are absolutely horrible this year.  The run blocking scheme was different and I must admit the presence of Alex Redmond made Bobby Hart suck less.  Getting the right line chemistry is important and don't forget the player next to you can make you look bad or good.  I've never been too big on PFF scores but the best linemen score in the 80s and 90s and our guys sometimes crack 60 or 70 on a good day.  That may be "Cincinnati good" but it's not "NFL good."

The five greatest coaches in NFL history built from the trenches outward:  Paul Brown, Vince Lombardi, Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, and Bill Belichick.  Though only Belichick remains active, the teams those men coached still have the "line first" mentality.