10-18-2020, 11:35 PM
(10-18-2020, 08:22 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Imagine paying a guy more than 20 starting backs in the league to use him the way we do.
Gio Bernard had 4 carries on the season going into todays game. 4.
Un-freakin-believable.
(10-18-2020, 10:43 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I like Gio, but that's way too much for insurance that barely touches the field. Agree to disagree. If you're going to pay the man that much, he should be contributing more than 4 carries in the first 4 weeks.
Tbh, I feel like he really could contribute if we ran more instead of passing 40 times per game and putting all the pressure on a young QB behind a bad line.
I think both backs are being overpaid, but that's just me. I wanted to comment earlier but passed. Didn't want to take the thread off topic....
Ts, perhaps if the Bengals had a more diversified OC both backs would be used more effectively. I look around the league and continually watch other teams use their second and even third backs with success. I thought that perhaps the coaches were going to do something akin to that when they dished out those two contracts. Sadly, that has not been the case.
Joe seemed to thrive in an offense that allowed him to check it down to Edwards-Helaire. Perhaps more two back sets could be beneficial... Call me crazy.
