I understand the the frustration of losing Burrow, but we have no idea how much time he’s going to miss.

That was a tough loss last night, but there is still a lot of football left. The AFC is a clusterfuck, and a lot of teams are going to beat each other up.

I get the tiebreaker stuff, but if Bengals make a run a lot of that can correct itself naturally. They still have 6 AFC games left, and 3 North ones.The team looked good last night overall until the injury. They responded to that punch well and looked like they could take control of the game after the touchdown. I think the wind was taken out of their sails in the moment and it affected both sides of the ball. Shit happens.

Now if Burrow is out for a bunch of games then yeah, we are probably done. But I would at least wait until we learn more. If it’s short term then it’s possible. I think they can beat the Steelers at home with Browning.

  • knottyolddogBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Burrow is out for the season - torn ligament. Having said that, here is a test of how creative our coaches can get.

    Can we change our identity to a running team on offense with occasional play action passes? Can the rookies on defense step up?

    I think it’s at least theoretically possible

    Joe Mixon has been playing his heart out. If his body will stand up to getting the ball more often and the offensive line can start doing what ought to be the easier job of run blocking, we might still find a way to sneak into the playoff picture.