The offense is starting to take on Burrow's personality

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(10-28-2021, 09:13 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I have no idea what you are talking about.  I have said repeatedly that I like Burrow's potential better than Andy and that he has the ability to be a much better player than Andy.

But remember when everyone said Burrow would fix everything last year just by "holding players accountable"?  Remember when he was not supposed to need an O-line because he could avoid any pressure?  Remember when he did not need elite WRs because he could just "throw open" any receiver.  Remember when we could concentrate on fixing the defense because Burrow would fix the offense by "making the players around him better"?  Then in the very next draft everyone is arguing about which was our biggest need, O-line or WR.

I like Burrow a lot, but some of the claims people make about him are just silly.  At some point we are going to lose another game this year.  It will be interesting to see how many of you blame it on Burrow's personality.

I do remember several instances of that, but i wasn't one of them and I don't agree with them to that extent either. Last year i made a post about what a good QB can do for an offense. The gist was, he can improve the overall performance of the offense. No one player is "the answer". He's not super human but he's a big difference maker, physically, mentally and performance-wise. 

I agree some claims are silly but some of them are not. I agree that his mentality can also help the offense. I'm sure you agree that confidence has some level of ability to increase performance. When Burrow was standing on the sidelines last Sunday around the WRs and he said to Tee "if we can win this division, we can win it all". A player that goes out and believes he's the best and believes he can get it done, plays more relaxed and is less apt to make a mistake or miss than a player who isn't as confident. 

There's no reason, based on his play after the talking, for anyone around Burrow to not believe him when he says something like that. 

This is not meant as a shot to Dalton, but when he stood in the runway giving his pregame speech, there was nothing about it that made me feel that he was going to go out and "get it done". So i wonder how the players felt listening to it.