Interesting Burrow Comments...

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(Yesterday, 01:43 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: I think this has gone off the rails and taking Burrows comments too literally. All he’s saying is you have to be judicious in close games with a lead. That’s football. Good grief. You can be less conservative with a lead. In high scoring games you have no choice but be aggressive. He’s learned you can’t throw into double coverage on Tee or Chase no matter what.

I still don't like the passive mentality and/or "take what the defense gives you". 

There's a fine line between being aggressive and stupidity, that doesn't mean you can't go into a game looking to put pressure on a defense--dictate the flow of a game--which in turn puts pressure on the other team's offense. We've seen plenty of times how they can open it up and score in bunches and we've seen too many times where they get in these lulls and go multiple series without scoring, in tight games. 

At least part of the reason for some of these tight games is because you're playing too conservative and just trying to 'keep it close', from the beginning. 

Reacting to what the defense gives you is just too passive a mentality, imo and one i've never liked. I have no problem going down swinging but i do have a problem with 'stay close and try to close late', and failing. Hindsight is 20/20 but i'm more than willing to live with aggressive mistakes. It's a failure on the FO if you haven't built a team that can run the ball with a late lead, something the Bengals have been very inconsistent with in the Zac era, hell, even before that. 

Of course, all this is fan opinion and varies from person to person. I just don't have a passive personality so i'm not a fan of it.