(03-16-2024, 08:02 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: Fields scares me. Not sure they get him unlocked. But he's one of those players that if the right offensive mind gets with him he can be very dangerous. The Steelers were in QB purgatory and now they have a very fresh start. I'm a fan of Fields from a fantasy perspective but I really hope this doesn't work out. The Bengals have to join the present of the NFL and start committing to pushing the limits every year. Not sure that will happen anytime soon but we may fall back to not being competitive enough in the North.

(03-16-2024, 07:59 PM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: I don't think the oline is that bad. 

LG could be better, but I would say we're about average there.
LT, C, and RG are pretty good.

RT was our biggest weakness last year. 
I don't think we got that much worse.
Jonah's rating was not good.
I'm guessing after the draft we'll be as good as we were last year.
Depending on who we pick at tackle, we could be better long-term (and potentially short term as well, you never know).

I honestly don't think the guys on our roster already are that big of a dropoff from Jonah.
Carmon looked better than him in the playoffs last year at LT.

Russell Wilson just signed a one-year deal for the $1.21M minimum.

Justin Fields is due $3,233,448 and the #Steelers will now have the rights to his fifth-year option.

Pittsburgh’s QB depth chart is under contract for under $4.5M total. https://t.co/ym2zUoOfST

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 16, 2024

(03-16-2024, 07:59 PM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: I don't think the oline is that bad. 

LG could be better, but I would say we're about average there.
LT, C, and RG are pretty good.

RT was our biggest weakness last year. 
I don't think we got that much worse.
Jonah's rating was not good.
I'm guessing after the draft we'll be as good as we were last year.
Depending on who we pick at tackle, we could be better long-term (and potentially short term as well, you never know).

I honestly don't think the guys on our roster already are that big of a dropoff from Jonah.
Carmon looked better than him in the playoffs last year at LT.

(03-16-2024, 08:05 PM)Joelist Wrote: Fields isn't going to get his option picked up. You need to grasp just how bad a QB he is. Zero touch on passes and bails from the pocket constantly with open targets. Stealers are just taking a flyer that they can coach him into a workable QB.

(03-16-2024, 08:04 PM)phil413 Wrote: Totally absurd. Man was 9th in the MVP vote a year ago and ran for 1000 plus. Even if they decline the 5th yr 25M option they can tag him if he has a breakout year. That's a steakagain at QB after getting I'm sure a miffed Russell for a million. They both may flop but wow those are some creative moves.

(03-16-2024, 08:09 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: This is part of the problem for me. All the people that cover the Bengals say we could get better at LG. But the Bengals just seem to be okay with mediocre. All the metrics I've seen point to Volson being the guy he his now and not really improving. I think waiting to address tackle is risky enough but aren't Karras and Cappa free agents next year? We need to be adding talent/depth elsewhere in the line as well. Maybe they shock me but I seriously doubt we spend a day 2 pick on OL if we go there in the 1st.

(03-16-2024, 08:11 PM)pulses Wrote: Karras is 2024 and Cappa in 2025....we need to be drafting their replacements ahead of time.....thats why a guy like JPJ would be good to get this year...and a RT.

(03-16-2024, 08:06 PM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: Fields doesn't scare me.

Fields is one of those QBs that is dynamic against mid defenses or worse.

Against good defenses he crumbles.

I don't think he's smart enough to be a top 10 QB in the league.
He's similar to Kyler Murray but different.

Russ has proven he can be good against good defenses and win close games.
He scares me more.

(03-16-2024, 08:09 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: This is part of the problem for me. All the people that cover the Bengals say we could get better at LG. But the Bengals just seem to be okay with mediocre. All the metrics I've seen point to Volson being the guy he his now and not really improving. I think waiting to address tackle is risky enough but aren't Karras and Cappa free agents next year? We need to be adding talent/depth elsewhere in the line as well. Maybe they shock me but I seriously doubt we spend a day 2 pick on OL if we go there in the 1st.

(03-16-2024, 08:14 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Or, if you don't want the short armed guy at C, you could take Graham Barton and plug him in.

(03-16-2024, 08:16 PM)pulses Wrote: I like Barton as well. But i wouldn't take Barton at 18

(03-16-2024, 08:10 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: At least it’s not a major adjustment compared to other QBs in the division we have to defend. All those speedy DBs will come in handy.

(03-16-2024, 08:14 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: Well he certainly scares me a heck of alot more than Pickett or Wilson at this point in his career. I haven't watched a ton of Fields but he can make the throws and he is a dynamic runner. If they can figure out the right formula then it could be explosive. Maybe it's not likely to happen but our luck it will.

(03-16-2024, 08:23 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: Bengals are gonna have to get themselves a run stuffer in the interior of the d-line. Fields and even Wilson make pittsburgh more run heavy than before. The whole division is run heavy, so the front offce better focus on run defense from now on

(03-16-2024, 08:06 PM)Bengalstripes9 Wrote: Fields doesn't scare me.

Fields is one of those QBs that is dynamic against mid defenses or worse.

Against good defenses he crumbles.

I don't think he's smart enough to be a top 10 QB in the league.
He's similar to Kyler Murray but different.

Russ has proven he can be good against good defenses and win close games.
He scares me more.