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(04-29-2021, 05:21 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: It will make the other teams play their front 6-7 differently, and that's my point.
Maybe quick was a bad word, but, in his years before last, he definitely hit holes fast and with a purpose.

That's the point- teams will have to send backers into coverage and keep their strong safeties from playing up in the box on early downs.

I dunno man.
You seem to be putting A LOT of faith in Frank Pollack and a new draft pick (or two) to turn this OL into some stalwart run blocking machine.

The reality is the team has been 20th of worse rushing the ball for quite a few years now:
2020 - 24th
2019 - 25th
2018 - 21st (Pollack's year)
2017 - 31st

You have to go all the way back to 2016 for a good rushing offense, which was 13th in the league in yards, 9th in attempts.
That was actually the year before Mixon was added to the team.

It also doesn't help that Pollack was the OL coach of the Jets the past two years, who were 31st in 2019 and 23rd in 2020. And that was with Le'Veon Bell at RB (until they moved on from him mid-year last year).

Pollack needs to have some good run blocking OL if the Bengals are gonna have a good running game, and that's not what they will have. They will be primarily a passing team, as nearly every one of Jonah, Reiff, Spain, XSF, and Hopkins is (much) better at pass blocking than run blocking.