04-25-2022, 02:40 PM
(04-25-2022, 01:57 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: Winning will be harder because of the schedule and teams will prepare harder for us in the off season and during game week. Can’t get around that.
But we will be much harder to defend with a much improved OL. We also will be much better because of staff growth, continuity, and experience. The starters on defense will benefit and the defensive staff with the continuity as well. Joe Burrow and his receivers should benefit from their continuity as well. Joe Mixon will get MVP consideration next year watch. This OL is the real deal. But as Baltimore will tell you injuries are the key.
Joe Mixon isn't going to get MVP consideration on a team with Joe Burrow, or even without Joe Burrow. To put it into a different perspective, Derrick Henry ran for 2027 yards on 5.4 yards per carry and 17 TDs in 2020. He wasn't even a finalist. Genuinely wasn't even close to competing for an MVP, zero consideration. Aaron Rodgers won that year with 88% of the vote. Allen and Mahomes came in second & third, respectively. Mixon will have a strong season, barring injuries, but MVP talk is really beating an absurd drum.
You have to keep in mind that the Bengals are not a run heavy team, and they will not be a run heavy team. This team will live and die by Burrow & co. with Mixon as the sidekick. If anyone is winning MVP from Cincinnati, it is Burrow. He does have a real chance at doing that.
