Duke Tobin spoke to the press today and addressed questions about a roster that most believe is nowhere near being a contender.<\/p>\n
The de facto GM disagreed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still have a championship team in my mind,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have elite world-class players.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a lot of challenges this year,\u201d Tobin explained. \u201cWe navigated some of them as effectively as you could, and then we had challenges elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tobin then went on to say that the offense was built for Joe Burrow, implying that losing him to injury was a big reason the team finished with a losing record. \u201cWhen you lose your quarterback\u2026 we have a quarterback that we have taken great pains in building an offense around and for,\u201d Tobin said.<\/p>\n
He then pivoted to talking about the great strides that the offense took without Burrow, from the running game to Joe Flacco\u2019s ability to play effectively on short notice. Of course, Tobin took the blame for the defense\u2019s failures. \u201cOther parts of the team then decided it wasn\u2019t going to give us a chance, and that\u2019s on me,\u201d Tobin said.<\/p>\n
Overall, Tobin sees the Flacco run as something that shows the Bengals have the right coaches. \u201cBut there are things that worked and things that show me, hey, we\u2019ve got the right people in this building, because [Flacco\u2019s success in the offense] doesn\u2019t happen,\u201d Tobin said. \u201cThat is a rare, rare thing that you can create something out of nothing and then have the success that that had. So I\u2019m proud of that. I really am.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flacco had a 13 to 4 TD to INT ratio and completed over 61% of his passes but only went 1-5 as a starter in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n
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