RIP Burrow Era

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(09-09-2024, 09:09 AM)RunKijanaRun Wrote: I remember the tone here immediately after the SB ended. Melancholy; sure…but there was so much hope & optimism about the seasons to come. We’d arrived! Burrow/Chase/Tee were going to bring us back every other year, at a minimum! It’s just beginning! I tried to quell the irrational exuberance with my spartan, stoic reality checks, but no one listened. I knew that was the shot. And it was likely going to be the only shot for that group. I tried.

But right then, it was hard to blame them. But a team which only has the stars align correctly for it 3 times in its existence was never just going to recalibrate the aim slightly, tool up and take care of unfinished business. Team was still good and likely deserved to go back. I always say this franchise is cursed. Well, a guy almost dropping dead on our field is essentially what prevented a return trip. That kind of thing does not happen to other teams. That’s just Cincinnati Bengals Football.

Fast forward slightly to now, and the franchise is a mess. As usual. We didn’t win in the Burrow rookie contract window, and this team has never been capable of winning in anything but the most ideal circumstances. Higgins turned into Glass Joe. Chase has become public enemy #1 (sharing the spot with MB). Several draft picks and millions of dollars later, we still don’t have a good OL. Anarumo’s kinda the bum we suspected he was all along. And Joe Burrow might be broken at worst; settled in as a fragile top-10 QB at best. Zac Taylor is a disaster.

And here we sit, coming off an unbelievably bad loss to open 2024 and a few days away from being 0-2. Some say when God closes a door, He opens a window. God closed our windows & doors and put us in a porta-potti in a flooded basement. Who dey. We are cursed.

  Good post..there are a multitude of issues and when Burrow was flying they were covered up..there is no excuse for this team to play as poorly in the first game as they did especially when considering the past couple of seasons..I am a pretty patient man but Zac would have been fired right after the game..2) Burrow does look broken..something is amiss and I think the wrist is and will , unfortunately , cause him major issues..It was a terrible injury for a quarterback 3) Pilcher should have never been promoted to OC..4) As Joe Mixon runs for 160 yds in Texas..and now we have Zach Moss..a somewhat decent secondary running back..%) I look forward to your posts and honesty..but..don't have a heart attack..its going to be a tough season..you are absolutely correct..the Burrow magic has faded and now everything amiss will be exposed