The Current State of the OL Room

[Savagehenry54]

(05-05-2022, 04:53 PM)Joelist Wrote: Here is the current OL room:

Tackles: Williams, Collins, Prince

Guards: Cappa, Carman, Smith, Adeniji, Volson

Centers: Karras, Hill, Galliard

Of this bunch, you have to remember that four were drafted over the last two offseasons (Smith, Carman, Hill, Volson). So yes we don't have a lot of experienced depth - we took that calculated risk last offseason when we emptied out the OL room of players like MJ and Redmond. So these players need time and reps to get coached up so we can see what we have - the bad news is they are raw (especially Hill) - the good news is all of them flashed at times some pretty above average stuff last year.

Really the only player here I am not crazy about keeping is Adeniji - he singlehandedly gave up nearly half our postseason sacks. A Guard MUST be able to anchor and he shows no ability to do so.

Galliard I think heads back to the PS. I still think we add either Spain or another vet G/T so we have experienced people coming off the bench.

I think we need our starters to remain relatively healthy.  If they do we may see the most balanced and prolific Bengals offense since 88......disclaimer for younger heads...you can't just look at numbers...the numbers the 88 team put up seem modest to some extent now but the ability to defenses with either the run or pass is a beautiful thing to watch your team do.

And with Mixon and Perine eating behind these studs we have on the o line im feeling like they could be a juggernaut.  The type that you can't pick your poison against, we might be picking which poison we feel like using.  That'd be pretty cool.