06-14-2022, 09:24 AM
(06-14-2022, 08:45 AM)Sled21 Wrote: I suspect no matter how great the o-line is, Burrow is always going to take a lot of sacks, simply because of his style of play, and because of his attitude about sacks. He stated in an interview a while back all sacks aren't the same, and he doesn't care about sacks on 3rd down if he holds the ball trying to make a play, because if there's no play there right away, they are punting anyway, so the sack is moot.
Exactly. Burrow is that type of QB - he wants to make big plays happen, and he will live/die by that style of play. Now, the hope is that the offensive line is good enough to where he can sit back a little longer, and then bail to make things happen but I don't expect him to go full Peyton Manning and be sacked 15-16 times per season.
Now, one telling thing about these predictions is that the run game does not improve. Perhaps this analyst isn't a believer in the new additions, or just isn't a big fan of Mixon. He predicts that Mixon averages 4.1 YPC again, and that Cincinnati as a whole averages 4.2. I'm not putting a ton of stock into this because this is really just one of those fun off-season projection books, but still.
