Unpopular opinions/Hot takes

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(01-22-2021, 11:06 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Throw out your hot takes or unpopular opinions. I'll throw out a few to get us started:

1. Willie Anderson > Whitworth.

2. After the season Herbert just had, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little fearful that he may wind up being even better than Burrow.

3. Skyline is superior to Goldstar in everything except variety on the menu.

4. After the breakout year by Higgins, I don't think WR is really a need, and I'd probably pass on Chase, even if Sewell is gone. I don't like the thought of taking a 6' WR that high anyway. I'd consider trading back and nabbing a different lineman or a TE.

So what's your hot take or unpopular opinion?

Love it.  And, FWIW, I completely agree with #1 and #3, but not #2 and #4...I know you didn' task, but...

#2:  I see Burrow as being able to handle so much more than the average QB, not just in terms of athleticism, but above the neck.  Herbert had a really nice rookie season, but might have also showed just how much Tyrod was holding back a solid team.  

#4: I want a WR that is a vertical threat but can do it all.  I also want a leader, an alpha on that WR corps like we had with AJ in his prime and Chad in his.  I am not ready to pass on Sewell at #5 (or a HAUL of draft picks if he is there), but if not, I want Chase.  Burrow with Higgins, Boyd, Chase, Sample/Uzo, and Mixon with a decent offensive line (that I believe they will have) could match up with any offense.  The Chiefs took a first round RB last year.  Offense is what has these teams in the final four.  




My "hot take/unpopular opinions":

The Bengals will be in the playoff next year.  This next season.   Burrow starts and completes the season healthy and the Bengals are 10-6 and enter the wild card.

Giovanni Bernard is a very important part of this offense, and I am keeping him next season.  I want to see a true ROTATION between him and Mixon.  Not by downs.  Not the stupid, "it's third down, time to take our best receiving/best overall back off the field".  No longer.  Mixon goes two series, Bernard goes one.  If Mixon starts slow, Bernard will get a second series.  Nothing pushes a man like competition.  This will get Mixon involved more in the receiving game as well.

I don't want a veteran LB on the team again.  Bynes was solid, but I want to see Wilson and Pratt as the Nickel, and a SAM-MIKE-WILL combo of Wilson-Pratt-ADG.  The offense was better when we went young.  The defense can be as well.  

I am not bringing back Geno.  That hurts to say, but I am all-in on young players right now. 

I am sticking with Brandon Allen as our backup QB.   In a ridiculous position where he was the "break glass in case of emergency" QB, he came in and performed very well with minimal time practicing with the team.  I want a guy that worked as hard as he did on the roster.  I don't blame the Baltimore game on him at all, as you see what happens to the offense when the paper-thin depth at WR is tested.  

I believe the new uniforms will have some kind of Karma-breaking spell and the Bengals will win their first playoff game next year.  Yep, I didn't just double down on making the playoffs, I said they will win one.  

The AFC North next year will look like this, from 1st to 4th:  

Browns
Bengals
Ravens
steelers

That is all.