I'm optimistic

[THE PISTONS]

(12-20-2020, 11:35 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: If I am ZT and I am trying to save my job, I save this for my end-of-year interview and say that is a change I am going to make next season...because in reality, changing it this season wouldn't have made a difference.  

Not trying to bust your balls, but I can't believe the skepticism about Burrow's recovery and future on here.  Did you guys not watch him at LSU after an injury cost him his shot at OSU?  Did you not watch him play at all this year?  I used to hold my breath every time Dalton cocked his arm...no lie....even did it towards the end of Palmer's career.  I would be afraid (when watching on TV, at the game I could see who he was targeting) as the ball sailed that it would end up in the wrong hands.   Not Burrow.  It is uncanny, but when he cocks his arm my heart starts pounding and I think "He's got someone" because he reads the defense so quickly and is so damn accurate. 

People will point to his QB rating and say he is "middle of the pack" when I watch guys like Paxton Lynch, Blaine Gabbert, Christian Ponder, Jake Locker, Johnny Manziel, Jamies Winston,  Mitch Trubisky, Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen, Daniel Jones, and Dwayne Haskins all light it up for their respective college teams.  Many called them "elite prospects" and they were all drafted in the first round, some very early in the first round, but they went to poor teams and, thus far, largely busted.  Joe probably went to as bad a team as any.  The Bengals banked on a more mobile QB being able to survive their poor pass-blocking line.  His best weapon (supposedly) coming in to the season has been a massive disappointment.  Injuries piled up and his defense was so poor, he was almost always playing from behind forcing him in to passing situations with defenses teeing off on him.  Yet, he was still on pace to set a rookie record for passing yards.  

Joe Burrow will be ready week 1, and he will be better than ever.  NOTHING is going to prevent that kid from winning a Super Bowl.  Not the coaches, not the offensive line.....nothing.  

I just don't see Taylor miraculously figuring it out. He's been totally clueless. Burrow is the only thing that make any bright spot this past year and even in that our passing offense was below average and could score.

Then, there is the run game. It regressed. Last year they somehow figured out how to run midway through the season. This year, they couldn't.

Maybe they make an offensive line so good that any plays Taylor calls works, but this is the Bengals. Everyone assumes they'll just give Thuney $15 million a year. I'm not so sure they'll do that.