La'el Collins is Done

[coachmcneil71]

(04-23-2023, 01:07 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm not a medical professional by any stretch, but I remember reading somewhere that every pound of bodyweight is equal to 4 pound of pressure on each knee.  If you thought La'el had a tough time kick sliding to seal the edge in pass pro before, just wait until he's using a rebuilt knee.

Honestly, if I were the one in charge of the Bengals personnel decisions, I would just give La'el his injury settlement, thank him for his services and wish him farewell.  I would also hopefully deal Williams to any team needing a functional LT, and is willing to accept his cap hit during the course of the draft.  I would plan on Carman and Ford battling it out for the RT/Swing Tackle spots, send Adeneji and Smith down the road, and draft the permanent RT of the future in the 1st round.

But like I said, that's just what I would do if I called the shots.

For the most part I agree, but there's a part of my brain that says a team can't have enough OTs. One thing about rehabbing an injury like this is the fact that most of the time the player is really grinding and working hard to get back. If a guy has his head down and is working his ass off it usually produces good things. 

I read an article yesterday that suggested that he thinks he can be ready for week 1. I'm sort of doubting that timeline. I think he will get PUP-ed, which isn't a bad idea imo. We may need a proven functional RT come mid-season. We tend to sustain a lot of injuries on the O-line during the course of a season. I want them to have as many 'glass eaters" as possible during this JB-Chase-Higgy window. We may actually win a damn SB before we kill over.