03-28-2025, 10:22 AM
(03-28-2025, 10:11 AM)chrisball96 Wrote: To be clear I am NOT throwing shade at Burrow, but to be brutally honest, he spoke up and got what he wanted. If the defense continues to struggle and it falls on Joe and those guys to win it every game, he's got to own (at least to some degree) that situation is coming about as a result of the pressure he put on this franchise.
Now, I am not saying that is a bad thing. I think Joe is the kind of guy who backs away from no challenge, but the table is set for next season in terms of the impact players we will have on D, there's probably no savior coming over on that side of the ball.
Nor does that fact absolve the franchise of the whiffs they've made on picks or bad decisions, I'm just saying that Joe put his foot down and there are consequences to that, both good and bad.
I think Burrow made the right call. We were never going to sign adequate players that could've made up any possible loss of Higgins. If we gave the league average 1st year cap % on our deals we would've have 28 mil more in cap space. That's average nothing crazy that's Zeitler and Hendrickson and call it a day.
As far as going all in on offense I think/hope that may be the Bengals plan. 6 picks and we've only signed backup guards. I think we plan to double dip at that position and I think with a strong RB class we may go there late. So 3 picks offense and 3 Defense. I also think we probably try and trade back at some point to pick up any extra pick. But if it's not in the 1st rd I hope they avoid it on day 2 I'm worried and a IOL run in the 2nd before our pick.
