Bengals Had Kroft As The Top-Rated TE

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(06-01-2015, 12:01 PM)djs7685 Wrote: It's probably my favorite part of the offseason when people (Brad) make the most absurd claims about our offense. Every post is filled with how "unstoppable", "unbeatable", "uncoverable" so and so are going to be.

I mean, defenses will have to put extra guys on the field because who can cover these guys?!

I don't know, but I'd guess that most NFL defensive coordinators have it figured out. There have been some high powered offenses to come through the NFL over the years, but every one has been stopped and covered by a defense at some point. Excuse me if I'm just ignoring some facts here and completely missing the point, but when has the recipe for offensive success ever been an average QB, 1 top tier WR, a WR with half of a season of playing time under his belt, a guy with the dropsies, an unproven TE, a rookie TE, and a pair of RBs with 560 career carries??

MLJ is a talented kid and I have high hopes for Eifert, but there's no need to pretend this group of guys is unquestionably going to run rampant leading the NFL in every offense based category.

Hey, I don't begrudge people some optimism, but I do laugh when some people act like the guys who are going to be forced to stay on the sidelines could be the cream of the rest of the NFL, too.  Oy! Optimism rules the off-season now, which beats the same ol' "do we win 2-4 or 5-6 games this season?" sort of feelings of the old days. It is funny how it tends to only be directed towards Bengals players (fitting, in a sense) as Heurman was not only going to be our TE but he was going to be awesome. Oh, we drafted someone else? Well HE's GOING to be awesome, then and was the best choice by far.

Meh, it's possible the Bengals used the 85th overall selection and got Denarius Moore off the Raiders' crap pile to turn the offense into a nightmare-inducing juggernaut but I wouldn't bet my favorite testicle on it!