Originally posted by Furlow:
Purdy would probably be better if he had the Bengals weapons, no? Or is Purdy the only QB in the NFL who gets knocked for having good weapons?
Purdy had the absolute best set of weapons in the NFL, and also had a dominant run game teams gameplan against first. He hasn't had it this year, but if you pay attention, the arguments about his play are not simply production based. He's not playing nearly as well from an individual standpoint. It would have been unrealistic to even expect the same level of production without the injuries. Last year was a special year in terms of efficiency for the entire offense, and I'd argue we also saw that start to come back to Earth late last year as well.