06-02-2021, 02:17 PM
Bob Bratkowski had 4 straight years as an OC for Seattle, all BEFORE coming here, and all 4 of those years had an above-average scoring offense. 10th, 16th, 9th, 10th. He was only available to come to Cincinnati because his HC got replaced.
Zac Taylor's next top-10 scoring offense (hell, his next above-average scoring offense) as an OC in the NFL would be his first... and yet he's running the offense, is the HC, AND is making personnel decisions.
As much as I gave Bratkowski shit for overstaying here, he wasn't bad nor was he a bad hire. He was a good OC in the past, including for the Bengals for a handful of years, the NFL just simply passed him by and he didn't evolve to stick with it.
If Taylor was Bratkowski, maybe the Bengals wouldn't be 6-25-1 over the last 2 years, with the 30th and 29th scoring offenses.
Hell, I am still convinced that Bratkowski had the Bengals just a dirty knee hit away from winning a SB in 2005. Nobody was going to stop that offense.
Zac Taylor's next top-10 scoring offense (hell, his next above-average scoring offense) as an OC in the NFL would be his first... and yet he's running the offense, is the HC, AND is making personnel decisions.
As much as I gave Bratkowski shit for overstaying here, he wasn't bad nor was he a bad hire. He was a good OC in the past, including for the Bengals for a handful of years, the NFL just simply passed him by and he didn't evolve to stick with it.
If Taylor was Bratkowski, maybe the Bengals wouldn't be 6-25-1 over the last 2 years, with the 30th and 29th scoring offenses.
Hell, I am still convinced that Bratkowski had the Bengals just a dirty knee hit away from winning a SB in 2005. Nobody was going to stop that offense.
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