01-19-2020, 04:00 PM
(01-19-2020, 03:40 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Disagree, we have a good roster. Just need to add Lineman, LB's and some weapons.
With our cap space and the Draft we can do this easily. We can win 9 games next season if we do this IMO.
Especially with Burrow.
Rookie QB's have been playing pretty well recently. Heck Dalton played good as a rookie and he ain't no Burrow.
More optimistic than I am about our roster! I of course, hope you're right and I'm wrong but I think we have more holes than that. If we make no moves on the O-Line then I'll be massively disappointed.
An aggressive use of Cap can turn that around, but that is hardly what the Bengals do. They have in a few recent drafts (last decade or so) nailed it though so that's possible.
I actually think Burrow has some good targets to throw to. Depends on the likes to Eifert/Green though. No valid replacement on either front (if we lose them) and its a much weaker receiving cast.
Dalton did do well, but as has been said elsewhere he inherited a better roster than Burrow likely will. We did go 4-11-1 the year before sure, but that record was a massive letdown as most expected a ton better from the roster we had at the time. Rookie QB's have done alright sure, but other than something like Mark Sanchez no Rookie QB is the finished product in their prime.
Either way I hope he kills it, but if Burrow is poor in Year 1 im not too fussed. No rookie QB has ever gone to the promised land and I don't think next years Bengals are doing it. His progression in Years 2/3 and beyond are far more important than his stats will be next year.
