01-15-2020, 10:39 AM
(01-15-2020, 09:31 AM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: If you define "success" as selling tickets and jerseys, you're absolutely right.
Don't get me wrong: I am happy the Bengals will draft Joe Burrow. He's talented, a good leader, and he's an immediate upgrade at quarterback. I fear Zac Taylor will not build an offense around his capabilities nor build a defense which will hold opponents to a reasonable number of points per game.
There's been lots of talk about Carson Palmer on this thread and, yes, I see many similarities between Joe Burrow and Carson Palmer. Let's go back to 2005 when the Cincinnati offense was among the best in the league. The 2005 defense was ranked 24th overall. No bueno. The offense was good enough to overcome a leaky defense against teams with losing records but the Bengals still didn't beat many teams with winning records that year.
Joe Burrow was amazing at LSU in 2019 and I feel confident his abilities will translate to the NFL. That's never a sure thing with any quarterback. Mike Brown, Duke Tobin, and Zac Taylor need to create a cohesive team around him.
Yes, it would be really nice if after drafting Burrow, Taylor comes out and says exactly that: "We have a generational talent at QB and we need to create a cohesive team around him."
Who knows if Mixon and others get jealous, but Burrow is the engineer. Andy was/is not a generational talent, he can admit that himself.
