09-22-2021, 12:03 AM
(09-20-2021, 04:21 PM)TrenchWarfare Wrote: Would rather not. Bengals can't just experiment with a unproven rookie against the Steelers. He'll be eaten alive and, by extension, Burrow will be even in worse shape. They need to make moves NOW!
This could actually be the pretext they needed to cover their @sses. They absolutely failed this offseason to make sufficient changes to their OL to protect Joe. Now they have a cover to make a significant trade to protect Joe. Sure their has to be a quality offensive linemen on the trading block....let's pray.
We don't really have that luxury.
They hyped the 'trade back for a guard' move by saying he'd compete immediately for a guard' spot and could transition to a tackle since he was better suited to it. Except he didn't win a competition for a guard' spot (not a huge surprise, he's a rookie and one that was drafted higher than most expected). If Carman is the player they sold fans on, he's going to have to show it, especially with as bad as our guards are playing.
