03-20-2025, 11:11 PM
(03-20-2025, 05:33 PM)samhain Wrote: Maybe the Bengals have a vision for this guy. Maybe they see something that no other team in the league does. Maybe he goes on to be a steady presence on the line for much of the Burrow era.They haven't even signed the guy, don't get your blood pressure up.
I find it much more likely they this is another example of them caring little about the position and finding a cheap body to throw at it.
If Joe Burrow ever benefits from good guard play in his career it will likely be by complete accident. The team has made strides in how it operates, but this particular viewpoint is annoying as shit. Don't pay guards, don't pay safeties. It never changes.
The bad part is, they are shaving years off of the career of the best player in franchise history by trotting these scrubs out there. Defenses knew Volson and Cappa were exposed last year and they were targeted heavily. If Joe wasn't Houdini, things could have been even uglier. One day Father Time is going to limit his escapability and these scrub guards are going to cost him more than just a few ugly hits.
