I just feel like everyone is going to spend all week talking about Mahomes' ankle or Burrow being a Demigod or Chase against this young secondary or Lou Anarumo being a psychopath...and then in the end it's just going to Samaje Perine bludgeoning Bolton and Gay to death.
#Bengals Joe Burrow - Lean slightly towards sitting Wk 3. True judgment call. Can likely play but w/~20% re-injury risk. Re-injury would prob mean IR, 4-6 wks out#Chargers Austin Ekeler - Data favors sitting Wk 3, return Wk 4-5. ~15% stats hit, re-injury risk upon return
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Originally Posted by DRM08:
Agreed...and they risked making his injury situation worse by playing him the last 2 weeks against two pretty strong, physical defenses. We know how a lot of the players are. They want to play no matter what. Sometimes the coaches & medical staff need to look out for them and focus on healing.
If Zac had half a brain, he would have made sure to run the ball more--especially with how good Mixon has looked so far--and designed a better short passing game to keep Burrow from having to run as much as possible. He still has a long, long, long way to go to be any kind of good game planner/play caller. [Reply]
Being in the Bengals locker room postgame, it was obviously a dejected group. But from the conversations I had, it wasn't bc they are 0-2. It's bc players are worried Joe Burrow's calf could be a lingering issue. Thus hurting their chances of getting out of the hole they're in.
Originally Posted by Chief Ten Beers:
Feels like a little bit of karma at work after all the jaw jacking that team has done, they've been extremely arrogant
So good work lads, you're 0-2 and now have a 10% chance of winning a championship
It's not Karma, dumbass. There's no such thing. Even if there were, what makes you the deserving recipient?
Originally Posted by DRM08:
Valid point about the artificial turf in Cincy. If I was the owner of that team, I would seriously consider putting in grass. They are soon going to have both a QB and WR on massive, top dollar contracts. Why risk having those 2 guys in a more injury-prone situation? Putting in a grass field at least provides some level of insurance to help those 2 star players stay healthy.
They had grass in PBS when if first opened. It was a freaking beach after a couple games. Bengals v Chiefs in '03 was on that 'grass'. [Reply]
