03-24-2021, 10:12 PM
(03-23-2021, 07:04 PM)impactplaya Wrote: Theres more than signing FAs in.regards to fixing the oline.
There is somekind of false narrative that free agency alone
Was going.to addess the oline woes. Not true.
You are forgetting the following
Bringing back Frank Pollack.
He is going to.coach this oline up the right way.
His olines in Dallas didnt get good on.their own.
He was able to make those guys work.as a single unit.
Cohesion and synchronized chemistry.
Jim.Turner was the worst position coach in.the league last year
The health of Jonah Williams.
Those are 2 things the Bengals oline did not have last year
And I hope ZT does a better job of protecting Burrow with the running game. I think.he saw the damage what Perrine could do
With 10 plus carries a game.
I.dont care how many All Pros are on a oline, if a front 4
Knows the QB is dropping back 65% of the time, at some point the pass rush will get there
Teams were rushing 3 4 guys and dropping 7 or 8 and Burrow had to hold the ball longer
To find a open target
Oh yeah their is the draft too.
When I think of our offensive line and Pollack as coach the term "You can't polish a turd" comes to mind. I love Pollack coming here and think hes a BIG difference, however the offensive line is an absolute wreck. And SO FAR in FA with only one pick up, that won't fix this line and most importantly protect Burrow.
So, then we go into the draft with a huge need to improve the biggest deficit this team has and that stinks because if we addressed this in free agency with more than the Reiff signing we would have more options to pick up players that are best on the board at that time.
You can get Chase, you can get Pitts but if there is no line to protect Burrow and actually allow time for plays to develop its all for nothing.
So, yes there is obviously more than just FA.... but FA is a big part of the formula and Bengals whiffed this year when it comes to addressing the OL. Now they have to address it in the draft and they just limited their options on improving things as a whole for this team.
