05-04-2021, 10:31 AM
(05-04-2021, 09:27 AM)GodFather Wrote: Nice spin, why don't you include Pollack's more recent outing and the Jets OL rankings from last year? One of the worst in the NFL. Absolutely horrible, they gave up the most QB pressures in 2020 under Pollack.
My point? He isn't going to wave a magic wand and fix a line with sub par players, not going to happen. In Dallas he coached up a pro bowl caliber line that was already put together well with chemistry under Bill Callahan. He just continued what he already established.
The Bengals had the opportunity to get some solid starting day one players this offseason with draft and FA, and they blew it.
It is going to be a disagreement till the season starts, but I am in no way convinced the worst part of this team wasn't properly addressed this offseason.
There was no spin but way to be condescending and a good reminder why I have stayed away from these boards.
The Jets have had a notoriously terrible O line and the franchise has shown no indication that they actually wish to improve it. The The Dallas rankings were to show the drop after losing Pollack and hiring Alexander. The Bengals rankings were to show that rather than improving after hiring Turner we rather saw a regression.
The Jets were 28th in O line grading in 2019 the first season with Pollack which was better than the grade of the Bengals at 30th and were 29th in 2020 still above the Bengals who remained 30th. The difference being the Jets made one key addition and that was a rookie LT who battled injury but graded out at 74.3 even still under the tutelage of Pollack. The Bengals in 2020 added several key players on the interior line which should have made some improvement but as we know it did not. Jonah Williams was the only Bengal to register a grade over 70.0 under Turner in 2020.
How about the complete regression of Billy Price under Jim Turner? in '18 Price graded out at 66.0 under Pollack. Under Turner he saw grades of 26.1 and 29.4.
Now on to your next line of complete BS and that is the Bengals blowing the chance to add day one solid starters. What would you call Riley Reiff? They brought back Quinton Spain who really is a solid player and that shows in his grading over his career and Carman is going to be a HUGE upgrade at one of the OG spots.
Bottom line is they did not make the moves YOU wanted them to.
