Fun While it Lasted.

[samhain]

I'm not giving up on anything. The offense still has almost all of it's skill players healthy. Green, Jones, Sanu, Hill, and Bernard are fine. Eifert, even worst case should be out of concussion protocol in a week or so. The line could be better, but they are intact as well. Unlike Andy in year 1, AJ has every single thing in place to succeed plus a 10-3 record to build upon. We don't need him to win out to get in, just beat a couple of really bad teams in SF and Baltimore. I don't think that's asking a lot.

AJ isn't burdened by a tiny physical stature like a lot of big time college quarterbacks that fail in the pros. He has the arm. It's a matter of learning the O and making good decisions. He's definitely not as mobile as Andy, and that's a concern. He's been in big game situations a succeeded. The word was that he slid in the draft due to arrogance and an inflated self-opinion in interviews. I'll take a guy that thinks highly of himself in this situation, even if it is arrogance.

I don't know. Maybe he's bad. Maybe he's going to take the opportunity and run with it. Maybe he does just enough. No idea at this point.

All I know is that the offseason is really long. I don't watch basketball and the Reds are going to be bad. We have a ton of free agents and limited cap room. Our offensive coordinator is very likely to leave. We're here now. I'm not pulling the plug on them. No point in that now.