AJ ready to get with Burrow

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(05-08-2020, 10:55 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't care what some people here claim, AJ is a football player and football players hate it when they can not play.

This is a true statement and applies to all who engage in competitive sport.  Even the second- and third-string players want to start someday and they put the work in to get there.  Also, let's put some more analysis into this thread:  The quarterback-receiver chemistry cannot be understated.  I remember Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson getting together in the offseason on a regular basis.  Carson and Chad also made it a point to get in the car and take a short ride up I-74 to Indianapolis to watch Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison work on routes, etc.  What Andy Dalton and AJ Green had was a near miraculous chemistry which put up the twelfth most touchdowns for a quarterback-receiver duo in NFL history.

Now we move into the Joe Burrow and AJ Green era and let's talk about it.  With AJ Green's athleticism and ridiculously huge catch radius, almost any quarterback will be able to develop chemistry with AJ.  Even AJ McCarron had immediate chemistry with AJ Green in the latter part of the 2015 season.  AJ is going to make Joe's transition to the NFL a lot easier.  Even so, I'm not sure how easy the overall transition will be and this depends on the offensive playbook.

If Zac Taylor and Brian Callahan are smart they'll build the entire Bengals' offense around what Joe Burrow can do, not try to morph him into an unfamiliar scheme or, even worse, simply hand him the 2019 playbook.  That was the genius of the Bengals' founder, Paul Brown, who could adjust the offensive scheme to his players' strengths as we saw with Virgil Carter. If Zac has foresight he'll be watching hours upon hours of LSU film along with Joe Burrow,and AJ Green while taking copious notes.