3 things that Must change next season

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(01-13-2025, 03:00 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: The "poor start" thing is such a lazy narrative.

Burrow has literally dealt with something ever year since his rookie year. Knee, wrist, apendectomy, strained calf, etc.

They start slow because he has started slow. And its not like this team has started 0-4 every year to start the year. They've been OK.

2021: 3-1
2022: 2-2
2023: 1-3
2024: 0-4

Like I get it, more urgency would be a great thing...but its been a couple years of slow starts...mainly due to our QB not being able to move from the pocket for half the year and him recovering from/having to learn how to deal with a rare significant wrist injury.

1-11 in first 2 games of season is more than a slow start if a team hs playoff aspirations. Several are teams that barely won but a few more games in the entire season. See Patriots for example. 

If Joe is too injured to give the Bengals a chance to win. Then rest him and get him more healthy than having him taking beatings in games that will be losses anyway because he has significant injury as you state. 

There are lots of issues, O-Line and Defense being the most glaring. 

Yet have to agree with Whitworth that the slow starts must end if the Bengals are going to reach their potential. 

This is 2 seasons in a row the Bengals squandered a chance to make a SB run with the boys, Joe, Tee, and Chase by not even making the playoffs. We have got to start making playoffs more frequently with Joe Freakin Burrow at the helm or it's a big time team and coaching failure.