03-10-2021, 01:57 AM
This franchise drives me asbolutely nuts.
They pick some guy up off the street, who was on his 4th team in 5 years, and because of one good game they decide that their backup QB position is now solified.
The guy had 2 bad stats, 1 ok start, 1 good start, and 1 TERRIBLE start. Am I the only one who remembers the last game of the year?
6-21 for 48 yards, 0 TD's and 2 picks. 28.7 completion % and 0.0 QB rating.
On the year he had a 82.0 QB rating, with 63% completion %. 5 TD's and 4 INT's.
These numbers are not necessarily terrible, but they're far from great. The way people talk you'd think he went on a Nick Foles type of stretch of games in relief, or Doug Flutie or something.
I will say the guy played much better than what I thought he would (my expectations were low), but I just don't understand how you can decide this early that you don't want to even look at the QB market in FA. (For those that say they still may, don't fool yourself. They just made their choice.)
It just such a lazy, typical Bengals move. Burrow has a legitimate chance of missing time, and the backup position matters more than we invest into it. But of course we'll just throw this guy into the role because he's already here and he's not absolutely terrible so why not. That's the Bengals way.
PS The idea that he's a good pick because he knows the offense is pure bologna. The man was on the active roster for 8 weeks. He particpated in none of the offseason activities until the end of training camp. Anyone else you bring in could just as easily pick up that amount in the offseason (minicamp, OTA's, training camp, preseason).
They pick some guy up off the street, who was on his 4th team in 5 years, and because of one good game they decide that their backup QB position is now solified.
The guy had 2 bad stats, 1 ok start, 1 good start, and 1 TERRIBLE start. Am I the only one who remembers the last game of the year?
6-21 for 48 yards, 0 TD's and 2 picks. 28.7 completion % and 0.0 QB rating.
On the year he had a 82.0 QB rating, with 63% completion %. 5 TD's and 4 INT's.
These numbers are not necessarily terrible, but they're far from great. The way people talk you'd think he went on a Nick Foles type of stretch of games in relief, or Doug Flutie or something.
I will say the guy played much better than what I thought he would (my expectations were low), but I just don't understand how you can decide this early that you don't want to even look at the QB market in FA. (For those that say they still may, don't fool yourself. They just made their choice.)
It just such a lazy, typical Bengals move. Burrow has a legitimate chance of missing time, and the backup position matters more than we invest into it. But of course we'll just throw this guy into the role because he's already here and he's not absolutely terrible so why not. That's the Bengals way.
PS The idea that he's a good pick because he knows the offense is pure bologna. The man was on the active roster for 8 weeks. He particpated in none of the offseason activities until the end of training camp. Anyone else you bring in could just as easily pick up that amount in the offseason (minicamp, OTA's, training camp, preseason).
