02-23-2022, 08:12 PM
(02-23-2022, 04:22 PM)TecmoBengals Wrote: I share your thinking as I said in an earlier post, if we lose Burrow for any significant time this team's chances of winning a Super Bowl decreases (just my gut). Thus, I'd be okay with a backup who can come in and run. Like you, I think it would give Zac another tool for playing calling even with a healthy Burrow. A vet makes sense, but I like the idea of getting a guy on the cheapest deal possible.
What do we consider significant? In Shake n Blake's example was comparing an adequate backup vs Allen in a 5 game stretch. A 3 game swing was the difference between the only team that earned a bye and the one out the outside looking in.
We can't go far without Burrow in the playoffs, but a Gabbert or Flacco may help get the ball to playmakers and keep them in games that the defense and money Mac win in the regular season. To me, that's a fine use of 3 million. Allen made 1.5M so you're not talking about passing on a stud OL or corner with a difference of 1.5M.
