11-26-2023, 12:55 PM
(11-17-2023, 10:54 PM)CincinnatiKid Wrote: There are plenty of teams winning right now with back up quarterbacks and who have less talent than the Bengals do. This is 100% on Zac Taylor. We will see what he is without Joe Burrow.
There are? Looking around the league I can only see the Browns and Vikings with winning records and backup QBs.
The Browns have a defence which will keep them in most games, we don't. The Vikings are more comparable to us, but they don't have the toughest schedule in the league to play. We do. I'd say Josh Dobbs is a far more sure thing at QB than Browning, and I don't think Josh Dobbs is exactly great.
I'm not saying Zac Taylor would be devoid of blame... he's the Head Coach so I'd expect him to have the defence playing better, or to have developed a run game in these past few years. But in my opinion, we're kidding ourselves if we think the Bengals are set up to win many games the rest of the way here. A backup QB with a poor run game and a generous defence, isn't a recipe for a lot of W's against anybody. Hopefully the defence can step up, and Browning can be better than hoped, but im not remotely optimistic.
