Screw This Damn Franchise.

[Murdock2420]

(11-16-2020, 06:23 PM)jj22 Wrote: Again, it wasn't about who is playing better. It's clear by now we won't be seeing 5 straight playoff runs to start Burrows career. So who cares. It's about how long it takes for a qb to have "the look".

I get what you are saying and I understand.

On here, as the comparisons start flying people start tossing out stats, but I think you are right about the look on Burrow's face and his body language at the end of the steelers game. It was very alarming.

Now, it is entirely possible that the look was due to being in an unfamiliar situation (the guy said in an interview to start the year he wasn't used to losing and couldn't remember losing two games in a row ever.) With Dalton, he wasn't coming off a National Championship, he also had the city rallying around him since everyone was down on Palmer for his exit. Then add in, the team was winning. Next is Palmer, he sat a year, and then went 8-8 but again, the team wasn't getting beat down like it is this season.

I think the look that was on Burrow at the end of that game was one of just utter disbelief. I doubt he has been in many games in his life where nothing worked, and he played poorly and the whole team played poorly and they literally just got punched in the mouth and had zero answer for it.

Here is what is important. What does he do about it? Does the end of that game start to creep into his mind, and he looks like Klingler or does he take hold of it and just say **** it, I'm not going through that experience again and learn from it? So far, the kid has shown that when he gets knocked on his ass, he gets up and learns from it. 

So, let's see what we see across the next few weeks. If he comes back out next week, lights up Washington and plays well (win or lose) then you have to think he learned something from the steeler game. If he comes out gun-shy and plays terrible and looks off, that is when you cross your fingers they straighten it out fast.