squire12 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 (edited) Resting Burrow through the bye week ( week 7) is probably the best move. They could also then be 1-5 with games at SF and home vs Buffalo. Throwing a season away is tough for a ye that has superbowl aspirations/potential Edited October 2, 2023 by squire12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Soggust Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Really disappointed with the lack of "he's been exposed" or "he was never good" takes here. Does FF even FF anymore? Or have we all just aged into reasonable adults? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BILLievers Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Joe Burrow and the Bengals will be fine in the long term. For this season though? I would be very worried. His leg isn't allowing him to play under center or throw anything deep which makes it very easy for defenses to adjust and stop what they are doing. There's a "who is the golden boy of the NFL" thread going around in the general forum right now and this just shows it is Mahomes and then it is Joe Burrow. **2022 season Josh Allen plays with a partially torn UCL on his throwing arm the 2nd half of the season and plays bad. Everyone : "See, he sucks! Not even close to a top 5 QB! What is wrong with him?!?! Brian Daboll made him!!" **2023 season Joe Burrow plays with a strained calf: "It's not his fault! He's playing on one leg! Just rest him it's a waste of a season." (this is not Burrow slander, just illustrating the difference in the media narratives regarding both QBs). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugger Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 16 hours ago, Soggust said: Really disappointed with the lack of "he's been exposed" or "he was never good" takes here. Does FF even FF anymore? Or have we all just aged into reasonable adults? Is this an attempt at sarcasm here? He is obviously playing hurt behind a questionable line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar703 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Isn’t Burrow hurt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soggust Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 6 minutes ago, Pugger said: Is this an attempt at sarcasm here? Yes lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugger Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 1 minute ago, Soggust said: Yes lol lol. We need a color font option on our posts so we can tell. It isn't always easy to tell when you can't hear a person's voice inflection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeotheLion Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Yes, I'd be panicking. You can tell Burrow is hurting but this was a disaster of a management plan from Cincy. The initial calf strain was suffered 2 months ago and at this point it isn't going to go away in the near future and the losses are piling up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notthatbluestuff Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 1 hour ago, The BILLievers said: Joe Burrow and the Bengals will be fine in the long term. For this season though? I would be very worried. His leg isn't allowing him to play under center or throw anything deep which makes it very easy for defenses to adjust and stop what they are doing. There's a "who is the golden boy of the NFL" thread going around in the general forum right now and this just shows it is Mahomes and then it is Joe Burrow. **2022 season Josh Allen plays with a partially torn UCL on his throwing arm the 2nd half of the season and plays bad. Everyone : "See, he sucks! Not even close to a top 5 QB! What is wrong with him?!?! Brian Daboll made him!!" **2023 season Joe Burrow plays with a strained calf: "It's not his fault! He's playing on one leg! Just rest him it's a waste of a season." (this is not Burrow slander, just illustrating the difference in the media narratives regarding both QBs). The funny thing is that in the (rather brilliant) thread you're describing, Allen received nearly as many mentions as Burrow for Golden Boy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BILLievers Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, notthatbluestuff said: The funny thing is that in the (rather brilliant) thread you're describing, Allen received nearly as many mentions as Burrow for Golden Boy. In terms of Madden and commercials, I can def see why Allen had as many votes. He has commercials with Pepsi, YouTube, Gillette, Frito Lay and others. I'm talking the football heads at ESPN, Fox Sports, NFL Network, Bill Simmons, etc. Only one will get criticized after a bad game, the other QB won't. Like I said above, Burrow is hurt. He is still an elite, top 3 QB and will be for his career. The Bengals should be worried about this year but not their future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbertGOAT Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 We can certainly stop pretending like Burrow is in a tier of his own just below Mahomes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarCrazy2832 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 This whole thing has been worst case scenario. Losing games AND not letting Joe heal properly. They are 1-3 with Burrow and he isn’t healthy. I feel like looking back, being 0-4 but Burrow 100% wouldve been preferred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jameson_Neat Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Criticism has not missed guys that have played with broken fingers on throwing hand, rib injuries, back injuries, hip injuries, etc. So why him? And the above is just Matthew Stafford. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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