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

[Soonerpeace]

(08-08-2024, 06:49 AM)Synric Wrote: [quote='007BengalsFan' pid='1500334' dateline='1724432257']

I made this point before and I will make it again since last nights game showed the same thing.  If you watch Burton's TD last night, it was another outside down the sideline route.  All of his big plays have been the same route.  He isnt showing a diversity of route running.  He has basically been a one trick pony.  That may work in preseason against 3rd and 4th stringers but he has to show more than that in regular season.  There is a reason Burton is down in the depth chart and Taylor is putting him in the games so late.  If I had to guess I would think Burton isnt grasping the playbook and his routes like Taylor expects him to.

(08-24-2024, 12:23 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I think you are underestimating Burton's route running. Your assumption is based on his reps with a backup OL. Also, a backup QB and it seemed Zac kept the offense vanilla by design. You may be correct, but I want to see Burton running routes with the 1st team. Separation is tough in the NFL, but Burton seems to have the speed and quickness to get separation.

Burton doesn’t get out of Bama w/o solid route running. He doesn’t get drafted by us if he doesn’t run solid routes. The Bengals have really made a ton of changes to their offense. Yes they aren’t showing it. They are looking to be more explosive. They are grooming Chase Brown with explosive play chances. They are going to stretch the middle of the field with Gesicki. Zac was excited as heck when they drafted Burton. They’ve got big plans. They want to spring him I’d bet on KC. They have also vastly improved their passing in the redzone and with Tee, Yoshi, and Gesicki there’s a lot of matchup problems for teams. It’s also going to be a problem on third 5.