Orlando Brown Jr

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(11-25-2023, 02:12 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: I’ve always been one of the bigger Pollack guys on this board, but I’ve gone on record several times saying I’d be perfectly fine with replacing him. I’d completely understand making that move. What I don’t understand is why he gets all the blame from so many of the fans, and Duke is completely let off the hook. If the guy that assembles the OL is completely terrible at drafting the players, and he only brings in middling, unathletic FA’s to play in a system that doesn’t fit them at all, then the coach can only do so much.

So if they replace Pollack, but keep doing everything else exactly the same, then we will just be sitting here blaming the 4th OL coach in 7 years all over again.

I think it is harder to separate the amount of years Pollack has coached the line plus the larger investment we have actually point into the line especially with FA and draft picks under Pollack time period of being a bengals coach vs Tobin FA and draft picks.

I agree Tobin should get some blame also but what lineman can we really think of under Pollack FA or draft pick that really has played at a high level.. that to me is the issue more than Tobin especially since our FAs seem to play worse here than in other places.. I remember Pollack saying he has glass eater times now and it sure does not seem like they have played that way under him... first time for a change it feels at Oline coach to see if we see any difference.