Can history repeat itself?

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(11-24-2023, 11:50 AM)Bing Ghuls Wrote: In 2008 the Bengals had a starting QB in his prime who had been to 2 Pro Bowls and finished in the top 5 in MVP voting.  The Bengals were struggling even before Palmer was injured and were 0-5 when they benched him for the year due to a torn ligament in his elbow.  Their back up that year had a career 0-3 record and the lowest QB rating of any QB in the league with over 100 attempts (58.3).  But The team rallied and finished 4-6-1.  That back up QB went on to start 147 NFL games throwing for almost 35,000 yards and 223 tds (31 in 2015).  Could Browning be another Ryan Fitzpatrick?

Palmer was also injured because of a horrible offensive line.

It would be incredible if we could win some games just because, yes, it might hurt our draft position, but I'd rather see us put up some Ws and not be the complete joke of the NFL.

I also have Chase in fantasy and, if he's putting up big games, it helps me and also has to help the team.

Realistically, though, losing more would definitely help us because of the draft.

It's also a dangerous mindset to have a locker room that gets used to losing, but I think Burrow would rally the team in the offseason and get the mindset back to where it needs to be.