O-Line Cost Us a Championship

[Soonerpeace]

(02-21-2022, 10:09 AM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: That’s right. The Front Office and coaches have TRIED to fix the offensive line since 2016 via the draft and via trade but they have FAILED MISERABLY. It matters not who the quarterback is; Andy Dalton, Ryan Finley, Brandon Allen, and Joe Burrow have all been slammed into the turf far too many times, hit too many times, and hurried in the pocket too many times.

Like the defense, the offensive line will only be fixed by a focus on free agency FIRST. The Bengals don’t need linemen fresh out of university. They need experienced linemen with an established body of work.

Let’s do it right this time.

And that’s how they feel too. They looked hard at Sewell and everybody assumes they were dead set on Chase. Sewell and Jonah Williams graded about the same in PFF. They just thought that Chase would provide more immediate help and had Jonah then picked up Reiff.

They are tired of screwing around with a few linemen who they just don’t feel want to do what it takes. They are just taking a check. Don’t know who that is. But I’d assume they take a solid center and add a mid priced guard in FA and draft a tackle at #31.