What would YOU do if YOU were Joe Burrow ? - Poll

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(01-16-2020, 01:09 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I'd 100% pull an Eli. There's no way I would be willing to be the next David Carr/Andrew Luck.

I wouldn't have enough hubris to think that I could single-handedly be the turnaround for Mike Brown's 30 years of incompetence. Keep in mind the last 3 offensive play callers Mike Brown has hired are...
Zac Taylor
Bill Lazor
Ken Zampese

The last 5 offensive linemen the Bengals have spent high draft picks/decent FA money on are...
Trey Hopkins
Bobby Hart
Billy Price
Jake Fisher
Cedric Ogbuehi

That's not a recipe for success, and it worked out pretty damn well for Eli if you think about it. He ended up winning 2 SB, and Phillip Rivers (an objectively better QB than Eli) never even managed to reach one.

Lazor just got hired as the Bears OC. Zampese was just hired by Washington as QB coach. Taylor was probably not ready to be both a play caller and HC, but he was one of the hottest names around the league when we hired him.

Ogbuehi was picked up by JAX and played halfway decent for them this season. Every team misses on draft picks like Price, but at least we benched him. I don’t see how Hopkins is a negative he’s a solid player for us. Fisher sucked but he’s gone. Bobby Hart is probably your best point on how a badly run franchise operates, but I’m not refusing to play QB for a team because they slightly overpaid Bobby Hart..