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LSU Football: 3 reasons Joe Burrow will turn Bengals around

By Dante Pryor

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 13: Head coach Ed Orgeron of the LSU Tigers raises the National Championship Trophy with Joe Burrow #9 and Grant Delpit #7 after the College Football Playoff National Championship game at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The LSU Tigers topped the Clemson Tigers, 42-25. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 13: Head coach Ed Orgeron of the LSU Tigers raises the National Championship Trophy with Joe Burrow #9 and Grant Delpit #7 after the College Football Playoff National Championship game at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The LSU Tigers topped the Clemson Tigers, 42-25. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) /
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PITTSBURGH, PA – SEPTEMBER 19: Quarterback David Klingler #7 of the Cincinnati Bengals looks to pass against the Pittsburgh Steelers during a game at Three Rivers Stadium on September 19, 1993, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers defeated the Bengals 34-7. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA – SEPTEMBER 19: Quarterback David Klingler #7 of the Cincinnati Bengals looks to pass against the Pittsburgh Steelers during a game at Three Rivers Stadium on September 19, 1993, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers defeated the Bengals 34-7. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images) /

3. These aren’t your dad’s “Bungles”

The Cincinnati Bengals are not the once-proud franchise that has recently fallen on hard times. It is just the opposite. The Bengals have always been a middling franchise with pockets of success and some terrible seasons.

There is little proof that they are suddenly going to be a consistent, model franchise. Then you draft someone like Joe Burrow. He wants to be in Cincinnati just like his head coach Zac Taylor.

The Bengals have not been completely inept in the last 10 years. If you look at the 21st century, it is a tale of two decades for Cincinnati. The first 10 years saw only two winning seasons and the second 10 years had five winning seasons.

They have shown flashes of being competent. These aren’t the “Bungles” from the 1990s. Back then they were poorly run and only tripped over decent players like Carl Pickens, Jeff Blake and Corey Dillon.

Let’s not sugar coat things, they have not been to the playoffs since 2015 — also their last winning season. The Bengals have the longest playoff win drought in the NFL. It’s been 28 years since the Bengals last won a playoff game.

However, Cincy seems to have a group of guys who want to be there and build the franchise. If they could just do something about the owner.

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