(09-11-2024, 04:13 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: It is imperative that Burrow plays the entire season healthy, regardless if the Bengals make the playoff.  Playing this year healthy will give Burrow psychological oxygen (a breather) from dings, Rehab, and injuries.  He needs a healthy year badly.  Let's look at Burrow's injury history the last few years...

-hand/wrist:  injuries in 2017, 2021, & 2023.  
-Ribs: 2020 during national championship game.  
-knees: MCL/ACL/PCL & meniscus tear 2020; grade 1 knee strain 2022, grade 2 MCL strain 2022
-calf: probably grade 2-3 strain in 2023.  

These prior injuries are a lot to deal with, even for the Superman QB in Burrow. Injuries accumulate psychological toil and the athlete begins to doubt his or her career in the sport.  I believe prior injuries are affecting his play early in the season.    Pervasive doubt is the death knell for an athlete in sports.   Burrow needs to believe that health is possible.  It would be nice and go a long way if Burrow can play the entire season relatively healthy from major injury.  It would be even greater if the Bengals to make it back and win the Super Bowl.  But the best case scenario is for the Bengals to win the Super Bowl with a healthy Burrow.

(09-11-2024, 04:21 PM)GodFather Wrote: I dont think hes healthy now. They asked Zak if he was healthy today and he said "I think so"

That means nope reading between the lines and watching how he played Sunday.

It's upsetting because we've been waiting for a game changer like Burrow forever and finally get one and the front office mismanaged the whole thing not protecting him with players and proper coaching.

Hoping he comes out Sunday and lights it up...one can hope right?

(09-11-2024, 04:30 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: I think FO attempted to protect him.  The knee injury his first year was due to M Jordan incompetence of turning a player into his QB if I remember correctly.  FO has drafted many OL that are simply misses in the draft.  Maybe with better and larger draft personnel. they would do better but it has been argued by many the FO simply misses on OL players in the draft.  That did get Volson later  rounds but It is not like the FO has not tried.  They drafted Mims.  They traded for Brown.  

This is what concerns me.  It seems like bad "Luck".  That is horrifying.  Why?  Because luck implies there is no control.  Bad luck haunts an athlete.  It is one step from fate.  

(09-11-2024, 04:57 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: volson isnt a homerun after 1 good game this year. He's still been bad. 

attempting to protect, and then failing at it due to whiffing in the draft still counts as failing to protect Burrow. 

(09-11-2024, 05:10 PM)ClarkHarris4Prez Wrote: Exactly. In 2021 we were all PLEADING for the Bengals to take Burrows health seriously and their answer was Riley Reiff. I was hoping they would address the O-line seriously his rookie year but they didnt, and it cost em....So 2021 comes and they STILL refused to seriously address the issue. Had they done that we would have a super bowl trophy right now and Burrow might not be coming off his 2nd serious injury with us. Mike Brown will always be Mike Brown. The scum he is.

(09-11-2024, 05:10 PM)ClarkHarris4Prez Wrote: Exactly. In 2021 we were all PLEADING for the Bengals to take Burrows health seriously and their answer was Riley Reiff. I was hoping they would address the O-line seriously his rookie year but they didnt, and it cost em....So 2021 comes and they STILL refused to seriously address the issue. Had they done that we would have a super bowl trophy right now and Burrow might not be coming off his 2nd serious injury with us. Mike Brown will always be Mike Brown. The scum he is.

(09-11-2024, 04:57 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: volson isnt a homerun after 1 good game this year. He's still been bad. 

attempting to protect, and then failing at it due to whiffing in the draft still counts as failing to protect Burrow. 

(09-11-2024, 07:04 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: dude..people like you are living in fantasyland...you ever watch Mahommes and others run for their lives on every play..our offensive line is decent.Burrows calf and wrist injuries have nothing to do with the offensive line..he's fragile and may not ever be the same

(09-11-2024, 04:21 PM)GodFather Wrote: I dont think hes healthy now. They asked Zak if he was healthy today and he said "I think so"

That means nope reading between the lines and watching how he played Sunday.

It's upsetting because we've been waiting for a game changer like Burrow forever and finally get one and the front office mismanaged the whole thing not protecting him with players and proper coaching.

Hoping he comes out Sunday and lights it up...one can hope right?

(09-11-2024, 07:22 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Volson was never to be a "homerun", he was a small school prospect who showed good promise.  He's taken his lumps, he's developed, he's hardened since then. He's currently the best rated OL on the Bengals.

As he an OBJ continue to develop chemistry, the running lanes on the Left side should be wide open.

(09-11-2024, 04:30 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: I think FO attempted to protect him.  The knee injury his first year was due to M Jordan incompetence of turning a player into his QB if I remember correctly.  FO has drafted many OL that are simply misses in the draft.  Maybe with better and larger draft personnel. they would do better but it has been argued by many the FO simply misses on OL players in the draft.  That did get Volson later  rounds but It is not like the FO has not tried.  They drafted Mims.  They traded for Brown.  

This is what concerns me.  It seems like bad "Luck".  That is horrifying.  Why?  Because luck implies there is no control.  Bad luck haunts an athlete.  It is one step from fate.  

(09-12-2024, 11:14 AM)Lucius Cincinnatus Wrote: Lol my god..it's been one week. To come to the conclusion that he is a better player or good player after one week of football after 2 bad years is crazy. At least give it 4-5 games of consistent play. It's not like the Patriots D-line is full of world beaters. 

(09-12-2024, 11:14 AM)Lucius Cincinnatus Wrote: Lol my god..it's been one week. To come to the conclusion that he is a better player or good player after one week of football after 2 bad years is crazy. At least give it 4-5 games of consistent play. It's not like the Patriots D-line is full of world beaters.