re: Odds for Burrow's Bengals to make the playoffs. 6.75 to 1 - Good bet? Bad bet?

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would like flushing it down the toilet.

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gamblers anon.

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I can probably count on one hand the number of teams that went from worst in the league to playoff contender the next just because they landed the #1 draft pick

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1) How many teams drafted the QB coming off the best passing performance in the history of college football (and did it against the toughest competition imaginable)

2) How many had a QB who understands the red-hot LSU/Saints offense better than 99% of the coaches in the NCAA and NFL?

3) How many of those "worst" NFL teams were CLEARLY tanking for a #1 QB? (Google "Tank for Tua, Bengals" - you'll see that is was no secret... the first two results on your Google search should be Sporting News and Newsweek in October - there was nothing subtle about it)

4) Bengals lost 7 games by a TD or less in '19 - while TRYING to lose.

5) Making the 14-team playoff puts them on the high side of mediocre, doesn't make them the '85 Bears.

Steelers went 8-8 with Mason Rudolph and an undated free agent at quarterback and their top WR and top RB playing hurt.

They also have to worry about a very tough Ravens team.

The Panthers were a 12 win team 2 years before going 2-14 and drafting Cam Newton who had what was widely regarded as one of the greatest seasons ever for a QB and was the first QB since Davey O Brien to go undefeated, win the Heisman and National Title and they went 6-10.

You are over playing your hand on Burrow. The pros are a different animal, he may have a great career but expecting them to just dominate from day one, especially since as someone noted they will have less prep time.

You know his season at LSU has nothing to do with his rookie year right?

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Amazing that you retards can watch the greatest QB season in the history of college football... Then argue against Burrow taking that offense to Cincy and having a slightly better than mediocre season.

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What's truly amazing Ree is your bizarro either or world view. You cherry pick so much you can't see the forest for the trees . Having a great season in college, the best season ever even means nothing in the pros and having a mediocre or even subpar season as a rookie means very little in terms of a whole career. A lot of the top QBs didn't even play as rookies. Peyton Manning was a 4 year starter on college, was drafted by a bad team and struggled as a rookie, they went 3-13. His 2nd year he improved and the team went 13-3.

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You are some KEEN judges of football talent!! LOL !!!

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It's you that doesn't understand how football and the world works. You keep talking about the Saints offense, Drew Brees is a veteran HOF QB and 4 years ago the Saints were in a 3 year 7-9 stretch. He didn't forget how to be elite the rest of the team, especially the D was awful, so they brought in some new people in the organization, drafted a lot better and become contenders again. It takes a team not just a "magic" QB. I already said it's not impossible Cincinnati could make the playoffs but unlikely. They have some pieces but some holes too and again, with no off season or OTAs (Burrow has talked a lot about how him and the WR especially started working after the 2018 season was over) it won't be surprising if a rookie has some struggles and the team wins 5-6 maybe 7 games.

No one is getting much offseason work - not just Burrow. And when they get a green light, Burrow will be working with any of the Bengals crew who will show up. He won't be waiting around for a scheduled camp to get started.

And you act as though making the playoffs is like winning all four majors in golf. Yes, it is a solid accomplishment - but not a Herculean task. All these QBs got to the playoffs as rookies... Prescott, Dalton, Ryan, Luck, Wilson, Griffin.

You've been throwing soft shade at Burrow from the day he arrived in BR. Nothing new. Same old shite.

Not the same shite dude..... the Bengals will NOT make the playoffs this season. Dream on. You are right nobody is getting any off season work which in fact will make it even harder on the Bengals already being the worst team in the league.

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You average out those guys above, the very best results and you get an average of 9 wins. You average in the average rookie QB's record and it's a lot lower.

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You seriously believe Burrow is an average rookie 1st round QB?

There is also the quality that Anthony Munoz discussed. The ability for a QB to bring a team together to make polishing an offense a positive team challenge.

Most QBs just don't have that. Burrow has it for sure.