Burrow and 17 game seasons for 18 years?

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(04-03-2021, 01:33 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This is exactly why I did not even address "wins" when comparing the rookies seasons of Burrow and Dalton.

Dalton had a MUCH better defense to help him to win games.  Yet right now I see a lot of people around here saying "Ignore the defense and just try to outscore opponents."

I said ignore the defense and just try to protect Burrow in 2021. It wasn't about outscoring opponents so much as letting the franchise QB play a full season healthy and getting the team ready to take the step towards success in 2022 with different (and better) coaching. I don't think the Bengals were going to be a playoff team in 2021 regardless of what they did. I don't have faith in either Taylor or Anarumo being able to put together a winning team, and any Taylor offense is going to be top-20 all time in pass attempts as long as the starting QB is around, it seems, so just prepare for that.