09-17-2023, 10:57 PM
(09-17-2023, 10:04 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Oh they change position coaches all the time.
Make no mistake, this is largely the same brain trust that didn't win a playoff game for 2 and a half decades. When they hired Zac, the goal was for him to modernize the offense with Dalton. He was just so bad that it led to the #1 pick when a franchise qb was there. Then, Burrow gets hurt and they land Chase.
It's a rare confluence of doing something so badly that you luck into something great.
Burrow is the big change with the franchise. Ie They didn't just all become amazing at their jobs.
Oh, I agree. #1 pick and then he wants his superstar boy and you are bad enough to get him. Higgins was a good selection, I'll say. The defense found some decent players in free agency, but this O-line stays below par. I think another playcaller would do better and Burrow can elsewhere. Yes, Burrow has been poor the first two games, but so has the team. The job to fix it is on the coaches.
When your elite level players are not playing elite, what do you do? Adjust or something. I have not seen the team succeed when Burrow is not 100% or not here. Plenty of teams winning without the riches the Bengals have. Taylor, Callahan, Burrow, don't matter. The playcalling is suspect. If Burrow is calling his own plays and they are trash, don't let him. If it is the coaches, change something.
I don't care if we started 0-2 and made it to the AFC Championship last year. That is supposed to be an outliner and it will be. It was a historic run we went on, but we haven't won since. the AFC is not weakened and our division is improving.
Has anyone seen an improvement in this team versus the team that won in Buffalo?
Like a teenage girl driving a Ferrari.
