08-04-2021, 11:09 PM
(08-04-2021, 10:12 PM)impactplaya Wrote: Anybody see a pattern with the Ravens Steelers and Browns this off season?
The Steelers signed Melvin Ingram.
The Ravens signed Justin Houston
The Browns signed Jadeveon Clowney and Tak McKinely.
2 of these 3 teams have elite pass rushers.
Yet they still.brought in edge rushers who have shown
They can disrupt a pocket and still have something left in the tank
There are a couple things that I find concerning
The Bengals never once shown any intrest in any of these pass rushers
Yeah they had McKinely signed but he failed a physical last year
Last time they let a injury scare them on a pass rusher
He went to Tampa and led the league in sacks.
Heres the other thing.
These AFC North teams brought in experienced edge rushers
The Bengals on the other hand behind Williams and Reiff are young
And inexperienced at the OTs.
If our OTs miss any time, we now face the possibility that our
Young OTs will have possibly face a Ingram or Houston.
How come the Bengals arent countering the moves by the other
North teams and bringing experienced OT depth?
You left out we brought in Trey Hendrickson who is much younger and the better prospect as an edge rusher. 13.5 sacks.
We had 17 sacks total last year. If Ogunjobi, Reader, Hubbard improve from last year we could be insanely better this year.
All those guys the rest of the AFC North brought in I wanted but they are now depth pieces at this point in their careers.
Good moves by them but I would rather have Hendrickson and extend Hubbard along with Ossai and Sample for the future.
We definitely need depth on the OL, completely agree there. Bring in Mitchell Schwartz is still my call if he is healthy.
Even if he isn't once he is, he could be a great fill in for either Reiff or Jonah at OT once Mitch gets healthy. Not so sure about rooks.
