Polian: Questioning Bengals playoff success "absurd"

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(05-19-2015, 09:13 PM)djs7685 Wrote: I understand that injuries were a legitimate excuse this time. I completely get that. I just think that mentioning Rex Burkhead as a "starting WR" is a bit misleading.

Bengals players by passing play snap count in the IND playoff game...

Sanu - 42
Tate - 41
Hewitt - 26
Hamilton - 26
Bernard - 25
Brock - 10
Burkhead - 7
Little - 4
Hill - 3

Look at that list and PLEASE tell me that saying "we were in such bad shape that Burkhead was a starting WR!" isn't a bit misleading. The fact that Tate played almost every passing snap and Hewitt and Hamilton(!!!!) played in over half of them is much more telling than "Burkhead was a starting WR!".

I think the fact that Burkhead even lined up at all in the playoff game was telling seeing as how he basically saw no snaps on offense the entire year. Then all of a sudden I'm at the game and he is lined up at WR.