Moving the Chains talking about HC's...

[Murdock2420]

(01-05-2021, 05:23 AM)Bengalholic Wrote: The 2020 New York Giants were just about the worst in the NFL at everything offensively:

31st scoring offense
31st total offense
31st passing touchdowns
29th passing yards
31st points per drive
4 games scoring single digits

Their QB played like shit for 90% year, they lost their stud RB in game 2, and their o-line ranked next to last in pass block win rate (even worse than the Bengals line).

Yet somehow, Joe Judge was able to win as many games in his 1st season as Zac has in his first 2 years. Some like to use the excuse of Covid, no real preseason, etc when it comes to Zac, but Judge had to deal with all that as a rookie HC.

Then you look at Anthony Lynn in LA (who was 33-31 with them, and had a PO win) - some of the reasons mentioned for not retaining him were game management issues, close losses, loyalty to underperforming staff, and being slow to make personnel changes. It's pretty easy to make the case that all those things apply to Zac, yet he still has a job. 

I'm amazed myself that he has a job honestly.

I really wanted the Saints O-coordinator here but we are stuck with him for another season.

The thing is now, we really need him to break the trend. He has to perform because if he fails, this team is in deep trouble.

He fails again, that is year 2 of Burrow wasted.

That means a new coach gets hired for 2022, and I don't have the stats but it has to be very very rare for a coach to come in take over a team and make it to the playoffs. I know it has happened, but if Taylor gets fired, this team probably has 6 or less wins and I can't imagine many teams that have 6 wins, get a new coach and jump to the playoffs.

So now, we are looking at 2023 before we would compete, year 4 of Burrow's rookie contract. First time in the playoffs, probably not going the distance, but hey it could happen. More likely it would be 2024 for a deeper run.

Now, it's 2024 and there is hope for a deep run. This is also the one year to do it, since after this the rookie contract is gone and the pay for your QB goes up if he plays the way he did to start this season. So now you have to pay your QB and start having cap casualties around the team.

I guess at this point I'm defending Taylor a little because I want to believe that this team will be relevant before 2023. If I just accept the record, and all the trends, then there is no point in watching, having a message board, going to a game or wearing Bengals gear again till 2023.... that is a brutal thought.