10-16-2020, 11:16 AM
(10-16-2020, 11:04 AM)shanebo Wrote: Randall might not be the best comparison -- love the guy, but he was notoriously injury-prone ... Played all 16 games just 3 times in his 16-year career, and only 63% of the games in all. Plus, he had arguably his best statistical year with the Vikings behind a better offensive line (fewer sacks) when he was more of a pocket passer (fewer hits). So as good as Randall was, just think of what he could've been if he hadn't been sacked so many times.
Regardless, I think we all agree that priority no 1 should be to get Burrow a better o-line.
Sure, but he was injury prone before getting into the NFL and the injuries itself isn't what King and many other allude to. The point being he wasn't mentally broken by the hits and neither will Burrow, which is the argument about Burrow being "Carr'd". Carr was supposedly broken mentally by it which is what is being insinuated by the comparison, there is no denying getting hurt is always possible taking hits, but the idea you get mentally broken by it isn't this forgone conclusion as the comparison is often set up to insinuate.
