New Look Offensive Line

[BengalChris]

(03-29-2021, 09:30 AM)masonbengals fan Wrote:  At this point I don't see how you can say they have rebuilt the line. They have signed exactly one player that wasn't here last year. 

 Reiff is it. They  hopefully will draft at least 2 but this line hasn't been rebuilt yet. Quietly or otherwise.

(03-29-2021, 10:01 AM)fredtoast Wrote: One new starter (Reiff) is not enough.  Especially since RT was not as big of a problem as the OGs.  I feel we absolutely have to add another new starter in the draft.

Hopefully Pollack will make a big difference.  Last year our biggest problem seemed to be picking up stunts and blitzes more than just getting physically beaten one-on-one.  If he can make a marked improvement in that area and we add another starter then I will feel a lot better about our O-line.  

But pass protection was not the only problem.  We sucked at running the ball also.

Exacly! The guards were bad and our center is coming off ACL surgery. Williams has managed 10 games out of 32. XSF only managed 5 starts out of 16 possible.

This team is one Williams injury away from Fred Johnson starting at OT and another XSF injury away from Jordan being a starter once again. Kind of just like last year. I don't see the rebuild.

A rebuild would mean a couple of new starters from the draft and I just don't see that happening.