Joe Burrow "There's nothing down the field if teams play us like they (Ravens) did"

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(10-10-2022, 08:05 AM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Joe Burrow is absolutely right.  There is nothing down the field.  Defensive coordinators have seen plenty of film on the 2021 Cincinnati Bengals and they have successfully countered the deep threat.  Play "two high safety" and the Bengals have no answer.  

With this said, it marks the first time Joe has implicitly called out the coaches.  Every other press conference from 2020 onward has featured classic Burrow-isms like, "I need to play better," but this is different.  Teams have made the Bengals one-dimensional on offense and if the run gets stuffed as well, the offense sputters along.    

We lived off the big play last year. Our offense struggled without it, then pop we'd score.

We all know that not every 60 yard TD is 60 yards through the air. Guys like Chase can catch a 10 yard ball and score.

Now Chase is unlikely to take a WR screen to the house.

One major problem with the Bengals is they've started slow for the last 2 years. The 1st quarters almost always put us in a hole.