05-22-2020, 01:26 AM
There's just so many questions and ammo in the OP, this is going to be a long thread so well played.
I have to agree with Fred that people see what they want to see. It's possible that Burrow is able to process the field so well pre and post snap that he avoids missed blocks that won't happen and throws WR's open. We have to look at the offense as a whole though because I'm guilty as anyone in seeing what I want to see. It seems like even in AJ's prime there were times when Andy would lock in, force or be the first check when things fell apart. How much of that was Andy vs what the defense allowed is hard to quantify.
What we don't want to do is be unrealistic with expectations. Take Boyd for example. It's possible by being a possession WR that was healthy all year on a bad team allowed "empty stats/catches". That's not a knock on him, nor should we expect that having a QB with a higher ceiling should put Boyd in the Pro Bowl. it's actually very possible that Boyd's play improves, Burrow is able to survey the field and hits guys like Higgins/Ross/Tate that will draw the lesser DB's and the offense overall is much better and Boyd's targets and catches both go down this year.
Andy is the old QB, Burrow has elite potential. We saw with Brady and Manning that you can change the OL and targets and they still make the HOF. What we don't want to do is bash Andy if AJ misses the HOF. If Burrow is the guy that he's supposed to be, he will put guys in better position to make plays vs what Andy was the last few years. That's not a knock on Andy, I'd still look at Boomer as a great Bengal QB if Klingler would have put up projected Burrow numbers.
I have to agree with Fred that people see what they want to see. It's possible that Burrow is able to process the field so well pre and post snap that he avoids missed blocks that won't happen and throws WR's open. We have to look at the offense as a whole though because I'm guilty as anyone in seeing what I want to see. It seems like even in AJ's prime there were times when Andy would lock in, force or be the first check when things fell apart. How much of that was Andy vs what the defense allowed is hard to quantify.
What we don't want to do is be unrealistic with expectations. Take Boyd for example. It's possible by being a possession WR that was healthy all year on a bad team allowed "empty stats/catches". That's not a knock on him, nor should we expect that having a QB with a higher ceiling should put Boyd in the Pro Bowl. it's actually very possible that Boyd's play improves, Burrow is able to survey the field and hits guys like Higgins/Ross/Tate that will draw the lesser DB's and the offense overall is much better and Boyd's targets and catches both go down this year.
Andy is the old QB, Burrow has elite potential. We saw with Brady and Manning that you can change the OL and targets and they still make the HOF. What we don't want to do is bash Andy if AJ misses the HOF. If Burrow is the guy that he's supposed to be, he will put guys in better position to make plays vs what Andy was the last few years. That's not a knock on Andy, I'd still look at Boomer as a great Bengal QB if Klingler would have put up projected Burrow numbers.
