Jonah squatted 600 lbs!

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(06-10-2023, 11:35 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I don't understand the first point you made.  Jonah's pass blocking rating was worse than Carman's over the entire season in what was the first two games EVER for Carman playing LT in the NFL.  The snow game might have had something to do with it, but he did very well against KC.  I think he was our highest rated linemen that game.  Again, this was his first two starts at LT in the NFL.

There is absolutely savings to be had, but Jonah would have to be traded for that to happen.  I thought I explained how my wish was that some desperate team would give the Bengals some equity for Williams.  

I come back to this point about Carman a lot:  I saw Andrew Whitworth struggle BIG TIME when he started playing OT.  He was MUCH older and more experienced, but struggled really badly.  Good thing for the Bengals they didn't give up on him so easily.  

Maybe Carman will shrink in the face of the competition.  Maybe he will rise.  Either way, my hope is still that he wins the job making Jonah expendable and the Bengals get something for him and can apply that savings to either contract extensions or another player.  

I don't spend much time being a cap-ologist, but I think one of the things this could allow is to give Tee a lot of his next contract in the form of a bonus, so his future dollars aren't hurting as much.  

I dont consider a 62 score as doing very well which was Carman's grade at KC especially since Jonah is considered terrible with 5 games graded above 71 and one at 83.  I do agree that Carman looked much better than he has in the past.

These are my issues:  
I do not trust Carman on the right side.  As of today I trust Jonah more.
I do not expect LC to be fully healthy and to be placed on the PUP list to start the season.
If LC is on the PUP I really prefer Jonah & Carman over Carman and Ford/Adeniji.
Unless we get a great offer Im not sure a mid round draft pick next year is worth risking a SB this season.

I would love to see Carman bust out and be a great player.  I have seen Jonah be bad and and very good, I've seen Carman be bad and ok.

I'm not sure we will have a better team than this one moving forward in the next several years... thus Im a tad risk adverse.