12-19-2020, 09:28 PM
(12-19-2020, 09:24 PM)Benton Wrote: I get the angst and anger over this season. It's been a rough two years. And just when we looked like we were about to turn a corner, things got worse.
But I've got to admit, I'm optimistic about next season for a couple reasons.
1. Burrow. He was looking good when he went down and with the way things are, he's likely to come back around the start of the season as healthy as before.
2. Coordinators. Head coaching aside (and I realize in a few posts this is going to devolve into "we ain't going anywhere with ZT driving"), one of our biggest issues has been the coordinators. I don't see any way a few of the worst aren't gone.
But the big thing is...
3. Drafting. Our last draft was the best in a long time. And not just because we got Joe. Tee is looking good. Wilson is heading in the right direction. Akeem is going to take some time, but he's going to be decent. The rest, who knows? But the last I felt like we had four good picks by the end of the season was 2013. With another high pick and ZT's second year with the draft, I think we'll do good again.
4. FA. Last offseason we were aggressive for the first time in a long time. And this year, we're 5th or 6th overall in money available. I think we'll continue the spend (we've got a while before we have to worry about big resigning contracts).
Burrow should have any Bengals fan optimistic as long as they spend that FA money on proven O-lineman. If they do that and
have a good Draft with Pass rushers on the inside and outside we should be much better. Still think all our coaches need to go,
not just the coordinators, all of them. I could stand it if Simmons came back.
But yeah, that was a very good to great Draft we just had. Haven't had that since we were good.
