10-06-2023, 01:02 PM
(10-06-2023, 12:45 PM)depthchart Wrote: Burrow likely gives the best chance to Win versus Cardinals/Seahawks yet with Historic poor play aka worst yards per attempt
maybe a Backup QB could do just as well. (or not)
Would Burrow playing against Cardinals/Seahawks make him less healthy for the harder 49ers/Bills games ?
Could Burrow taking a 2 game plus BYE week break allow him a Mental reset and to get healthier by not getting hit
against the Cardinals/Seahawks since he is not playing but resting ?
Burrow could then Focus on just the 49ers/Bills with Film etc.
I am not saying that there is a right or wrong option.
It is interesting to think about & the Bengals appear to have chosen the play Burrow route.
Yeah I get where you're coming from. It's all health dependent really. If you guaranteed me we get 100% Joe Burrow after the bye, then I'd be very tempted to rest him, but there's every chance he'd be coming back to a 1-5 team... I think we can go on a roll and beat anybody, but 1-5 and playing the Niners and Bills with Burrow coming back in after time out.... I don't think we'd find ourselves in some revitalised spot there. We'd be in absolute desperation mode, hoping to beat teams that we'd do well to beat even at our very best (not saying we couldn't beat SF/BUF, just that they are really good teams).
As I've said in other threads, in my opinion the time to rest Burrow has already passed. It was Weeks 1-2 (or whatever it would've turned out to be). If he can play without a greatly increased risk of injury (a point of debate in itself), we may as well now just play him until the playoffs are out of reach.
