08-28-2023, 08:41 PM
(08-28-2023, 07:58 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: 1) I would say 9 and keep some O-line guys like Ben Brown on the practice squad in case.
2) Ford is the worst lineman we have so he needs to go. With Scharping showing he can play Center as well as Guard, Hill is expendable filling the same role as Scharping but worse. Also, when you look at Hill's PFF grade this preseason, it's horrible. He had a worse PFF grade than Kirkland. Time to move on from Hill.
3) Adeniji as backup RT, Carman as backup LT. Smith can look good at times, bad at times and then gets hurt. I would cut Smith & maybe sign him to the PS.
4) Ford is horrible. We can find someone better on the waiver wire.
Right now I would go with Brown, Volson, Karras, Cappa and Williams with Carman, Adeniji and Scharping as backups. Pickup 1 or 2 guys from the waiver wire or just roll with Ben Brown as your 9th O lineman.
I agree that the backup OT options (Carman, Smith, Adeniji) are way better than the IOL ones (Scharping, Ford, Hill). And that is not counting Collins.
To me, how the reserve OL spits shake out is the biggest mystery that could go a number of different ways. The other spots are pretty striaghtforward choices.
