4 hours ago
(4 hours ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Here's something that bugs me...
Josh Allen has Khalil Shakir and Keon Coleman as his two leading pass catchers until they traded for Cooper. They have the 3rd scoring offense.
Baker Mayfield has Chris Godwin (hurt) and Cade Otton as his two leading pass catchers. They have the 4th scoring offense.
Rookie Jayden Daniels has Terry McLaurin and 34-year-old cooked Zach Ertz as his two leading pass catchers. They have the 5th scoring offense.
They shouldn't be ahead of Joe Burrow with Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.
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Even in 2021 and 2022 we had the 7th and 7th scoring offenses which is quite good, but is it Joe Burrow + Ja'Marr Chase + Tee Higgins + Tyler Boyd good?
I mean the freaking PATRIOTS had a better scoring offense than us in '21 with Mac Jones throwing the ball to Jakobi Meyers and Kendrick Bourne and handing it off to Damien Harris. If Joe Burrow has never had a better ranked scoring offense than Mac Jones, there are problems.
I just feel like there's consistently better coaches who get more out of less than we do. There's absolutely zero reason why Burrow/Chase/Higgins isn't perennially a top-5 scoring offense competing for #1, but we've never broken into the top-5. Peyton Manning had a top-5 scoring offense in 12 of his 17 years.
I am too lazy to look it up, but where were those teams offensive lines ranked? Kind of hard to lead the league in offense when you are lying on your back from the 5th or 6th sack of the game. I don't disagree with you, we should not be 4-7 with this offense. But ownership has to make the team better, with BETTER players, not cast offs from practice squads, or guys like Geno Stone or Sheldon Rankins who have really done nothing since they have been here.