The only things that suck about the Bengals are the linebackers and owner? If that was the case they wouldn’t currently own the #1 draft pick. A better example of a team where only the linebackers and owner sucks would be the 1992 - 1995 Dallas Cowboys.
LOL, yeah, but my post was really meant to demonstrate that they have talent. They lost 8 of their 14 games by a score or less, and that’s with a rookie HC, injuries galore, benching Andy Dalton for 4 games, etc.
Of course not, and I wasn’t really trying to compare the two. It’s just to say that there aren’t that many legendary quarterbacks on bad teams (not saying that Shanahan’s Broncos were bad either). No QB does it on their own - they have to have a good structure to work with or they’re not going to put up the numbers they would otherwise.
Tim Tebow is still available.
Burrow is as close to a sure thing as you can get with a rookie QB. But that doesn’t make him a real sure thing. Looking at his mechanics and his college performance only gets you so far. It will all come down to how well he can read coverage in the 1-2 seconds it takes for him to do a 2-3 step drop at NFL speed. If forced to make a bet I would put money on him doing well but who really knows? It will be fun to watch.
Man, if Tebow came to the Bengals, AND they hired Jon Kitna as their QB coach, there’d be an excess of crucifix armbands/headbands and pre and post-game prayer circles.
You’d have games with Steelers vs Kneelers.
I’m a little late to the thread, but I’ll add my likely redundant thoughts anyways…
Burrow is as good of a QB prospect as I have ever seen. I’m very interested to see what his measurables are at the Combine mostly to see if he falls short anywhere. If he does it’ll be interesting to see the mental gymnastics people go through to mark him down.
If I were to play devil’s advocate here’s where I’d start nitpicking:
- He’s basically a one-year-wonder. His 2018 was pretty good and you saw a lot of the seeds for what he’d do in 2019, but his overall body of work wasn’t outstanding.
- He’s not a physical freak. He doesn’t have elite speed, elite size, elite arm strength etc. Obviously none of that held him back this year, but maybe, just maybe, in the Pros it catches up with him, enough to make him just “ok” in the NFL.
- He’s old. At 23 years old he’s out of band for the ideal age range for a rookie. As a QB this really doesn’t matter a lot, but for other positions this would mean that 1-2 years of his “prime” is already used up.
- He couldn’t win the starting job at OSU. Somebody will dig up some background that points to him being a risk because of this. They’ll probably use the same copy they used for Aikman back in the day.
- Mitch Trubisky. Somebody will 100%, without a doubt, compare Burrow to Trubisky. Just wait.
After reading the rest of the thread…you all spent way too many calories dissecting something Hub Arkush said. The dude is a asshat of the highest order. I feel like this is some corollary of Hanlon’s Razor, if Arkush says it you should always start from the assumption that it’s totally and completely wrong until proven otherwise.
Joe Burrow reminds me of Mitch Trubisky.
You weren’t even the first in the thread.
No, Joe Burrow reminds himself of Trubiskey, only on the merits of same state, similar awards, etc.
Nobody’s ever had a year like Burrow. He had a broken hand for part of the season at OSU which held him back. I truly believe he’ll be all right anywhere he goes.