08-17-2021, 09:14 AM
(08-17-2021, 09:05 AM)TJ528 Wrote: Here's my worry about Burrow not playing a snap in the pre-season.
Everyone's saying last year he didn't play a snap in the preseason and had a good year until he went down. Problem with that theory is if he doesn't play 1 snap of football this preseason he's 3 games behind everyone else.
I guarantee you that week 1, Mike Zimmer isnt going to put white gloves on his defense and say don't hit Burrow hard. Zimmer's defense is going to come out firing and blitzing like he did here in Cincinnati.
Burrows going to get hit sometime, so he might as well take a few hits against Miami because he may be a little shell shocked after Game 1 against Zimmer's bunch.
I agree with what most have said, If he's healthy and cleared he needs to play in game 3. If not then let Allen take us into the regular season until Joe feels comfortable with playing or Zac feels comfortable playing Burrow.
He's still doing 11 on 11's in camp. It's not like he's sitting on the bench. Do you think the 6 plays and the sac really helped Brady? I doubt it made much difference other than when Hendrickson and Ossai hit him the coach was regretting having him out there until he got up. I just don't think a few snaps in a preseason game is going to make that much difference. The kids been playing football his whole life and he's practicing every day.
