Zak needs 1 more year to change culture

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(11-16-2020, 11:24 AM)wildcatnku24 Wrote: Hard to argue that, so I won't.  ha!  But imagine having a rookie QB who has a few bad games his first year, yet lights it up every other game.  That's us.  We are pretty dang close to being such a potent offense that our defense only needs to keep a team under 30.  Am I the only one that sees that?  We expected offense with Zac, and we're getting it!  At least, we're closer than last year.

Joe Burrow has very impressive rookie statistics.  That's not even up for debate and I'm behind him 100%.  The trouble is this:  He's having issues with the exact same teams which gave Andy Dalton and Carson Palmer problems.  This is systemic with the Bengals in general, not Joe Burrow in particular.  This offense approaches semi-potency only when Joe Burrow throws a lot -- and this isn't good because a truly potent offense can beat you with the pass, with the run, or with both; whatever it takes.

Joe may well be lighting it up but as of yet his impressive rookie statistics have not translated into team wins.  That's my concern.