La'El Collins opt out

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(02-21-2023, 08:27 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Folks just like to proclaim "hate" because they think any opinion that disagrees with theirs has no merit.

I hope Volston becomes the next great OG in the league, but it's obvious our oline needs upgrading and if you ask me for the weakest link in our 2022 oline starters I'd say it was Cordell Volston. Hell even Hakeen Adeniji outscored him according to PFF.

Yes and no.

If looking at the overall grade in the regular season only, Adeniji had a higher grade than Volson.
But Volson still had a better PFF pass block rating in the regular season than Adeniji (52.9 vs Adeniji's 48.4).

In the postseason, it's glaringly different.
Adeniji - 29.8 PBR (15 pressures allowed); 43.6 overall
Volson - 54.0 PBR (5 pressures allowed); 62.9 overall

For those that don't know, the 50's is just "meh starter" level.
60-70 is solid
70-80 is above average
80+ is great

I can agree with you that Volson is probably the worst starter on the team, although he's pretty consistent now. You don't have a lot of down performances from him. It's unfortunately just consistently meh.
Meanwhile, the OTs have injuries and their contracts are almost up (Williams final year, Collins 2nd-to-last year).
The Bengals can get by with one OL performing like Volson and be in a really good spot.
They can't have Volson at his level while also having someone like Adeniji also on the OL performing (well) below average.
That's the kind of thing that gets your QB pressured a ton.