04-01-2020, 02:08 PM
(03-31-2020, 07:48 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: This is an incredible observation. Your rationale applies equally to Carson Palmer and Andy Dalton in the past and applies to Joe Burrow now.
Yeah, agree. I've really surprised and happy to see them using this strategy, which is relatively common around the league today.
You can't say what would've been, because it never happened, but I think they made a huge mistake by not taking advantage of the early Dalton/Green years when those two were on their rookie deals. Those teams grew into great rosters by 2013-2015. I'll always wonder what it would have been like to see them add a big time pass rusher to team with what they already had on the defense. That or a prime-career linebacker instead of the token broken down nag SLB they signed almost yearly.
