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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
For '23 and 24'? No, I don't think you can count on beating Cincinnati in a shoot-out.
I don't think we can assume we can match Chase, Boyd, and Higgins no matter how much we spend.
And Burrow is good enough to go toe to toe with Mahomes. IF he has time to throw.
I think THAT is the key. But after '24, they'll be paying Burrow, and will have to make decisions on Chase, Boyd, and Higgins, and the institutional advantage they currently enjoy will level out. So if I'm Veach, I'm looking to fix the OT situation, and I'm investing in the defensive line.
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they’re going to be tough to stop no matter what. Buffalo tried this by loading up their defense to stop us. So far it hasn’t worked. Mahomes thrashing defenses is inevitable. I think the same goes for burrow and allen. I can’t imagine the frustration for buffalo with all they’ve invested in their defense for us to have our way with them last year. The difference between this year and last year isn’t our defense. It’s our offense. As much as mahomes has gotten better we still have stretches where receivers flat out aren’t getting open.
What bothers me more about the buffalo and cincy losses this year isn’t that our defense didn’t do enough. It’s that our offense had stretches where they look stuck. You expect a defense to have challenges vs burrow no matter what. But we know our offense is capable of being unstoppable. that is every bit receivers getting open as much as it is OL issues. Too many coverage pressures. We need a WR1. you know what also helps pass pro? A WR who can quickly beat press. Who can bail his qb out on jump balls. Who can quickly find spots in the middle. Because we are having issues with very physical secondaries.
I agree we need to upgrade our tackles for sure. But do we have to pay top dollar to do it? Or at the expense of the right kind of WR1. That’s where I don’t agree. It seems people are content to have a balanced team with an extremely efficient offense. I want ti go back to stomping on peoples throats with our passing game.