***Pre-Season GameDay Thread - Colts @ Bengals***

[*rfaulk34*]

(08-22-2024, 11:45 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: rfaulk you know this team. You know Mims has looked real good. Burton looks like a playmaker. Eric All looks like the every down TE we’ve needed. Matt Lee looks like a steal. Josh Newton has looked good. Cedric Jackson is shining. Njongmeta looks like a steal as a UDFA. This one looks different. But I don’t discount your thoughts of the past.

This isn't meant to be a negative post just to be negative, but here's how i see that. 

Mims. Love him so far but he's a question mark for a full 17 game season. 
Burton. Love him so far but he's a question mark with the attitude. 
All. Love him so far but he's coming off an ACL and spinal surgery the year before. 

Those are the top 3 that are expected to contribute immediately and they all have significant question marks.

Lee, Newton, Jackson, Njongmeta. All guys down the depth chart that "show promise". That does nothing for us right now. 

I get that you (and many others) are still able to ramp up the enthusiasm year after year, but i lost that in '21. I've seen too many seasons end in disappointment, no playoffs, playoff loss, super bowl loss. I've seen too much 'what if', too many injuries at the worst time and injuries that affected a promising QBs career. 

We're facing that with Burrow now. Two season ending injuries in 4 years and massive question marks with his wrist this year. Can't sign Jesse Bates, lose him, turn around and can't sign Tee Higgins and will probably lose him and now they're ***** around with Chase. Let's see how that works out. 

As soon as they win the SB, i'll come back around to being super positive and optimistic. Until then, i have nothing but skepticism.