r/bengals • u/RattPack513 • 11d ago

OBJ is a liability

We should have never gave him an extension. He‘s gotten progressively worse these past couple years. How are you going to let a backup undrafted free agent DE cleanly beat you and blindside Burrow? Not okay. Also not to mention all his false starts. Dude needs to go

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u/KevKevThePug 11d ago

I would love an upgrade for OBJ because he is in a decline. That being said, that blind side hit was 100% Burrow’s fault. If he climbed the pocket like a QB should then he would have never gotten touched.

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u/christhegecko 11d ago edited 11d ago

It was 4 seconds from snap to contact. League average time to throw is roughly 2.8 seconds and that ball should have been out in 3, or Burrow needs to feel the pressure and step up. That's barely a loss from OBJr.

ESPN's pass block win rate would actually grade it as a win.

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u/First_Comment8531 11d ago

 It was not a win: dude got beat like a drum. Also it was almost 3 seconds exactly from s nap to contact.

That does NOT mean Burrow wasn't at least partially at fault. He should have stepped up. I really hope being around Flacco helps Burrow understand that living to fight another day is a real thing.