Joe Burrow - Wow

[Rubekahn29]

(10-26-2020, 05:05 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Before I write this next post I want to introduce some important caveats: 

I don't want Andy Dalton back.

I don't wish the Bengals had drafted Justin Herbert instead.

I don't want Andy Dalton back.

I don't wish the Bengals would have used #1OA on Tua Tagovailoa.

Did I mention I don't want Andy Dalton back?

Okay.  On with the post:

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Joe Burrow is putting up some excellent numbers for a rookie and given the horrific state of the Bengals' offensive line these individual statistics are all the more impressive.  On a better team Joe might be a rookie of the year candidate -- and that's the point:  These individual statistics Joe puts up, impressive as they are, are not translating into team wins.  The team surrounding Joe is not better than what we saw in 2019 -- and that's not on Joe.  That's on the Front Office.

Here's what bothers me:  Mike Brown is on record many times saying a "bell cow" quarterback is all a team needs and one's mere presence makes an offense run better.  Sadly, Mike Brown is wrong.  We've tried this before.  Joe Burrow is good and he's going to put up good numbers but what I fear is a continuation of the status quo of good skill players and below average and badly coached offensive linemen. 

The Bengals now have an excellent quarterback on a lousy team.  Joe is good but he can't block for himself nor can he block for the running backs. 

This year, our offense is not the problem. We have put up 23 or more points in 5 of the 7 games and 4 were 27 or more. Last year we put up 23 or more points just THREE times. THREE. Our defense is far and away the bigger issue as they have not held a team under 25 points since the first game.