04-29-2024, 12:47 PM
You never fully know what you have here. The only thing I would like to have had that we did not get here was a quality guard.
But I think MIMs' floor is super high and his ceiling is through the roof - the only concern is his staying healthy
Jenkins sounds like a stud in the middle who will penetrate better than we expect. The guy is a total baller
Burton is a steal. The guy is going to finally give us a second guy who routinely gets separation. And again, he's a baller. LOVE the competitive nature. As long as he can self regulate better than Pacman I think we'll be OK. But look for teams - particularly the Steelers - to do everything to push his buttons at critical times of games. We need to play him the tape from the 2015 playoff game against the Steelers for education.
Jackson - has upside. Hopefully he grows into his talent.
All - again, if he's healthy - has the chance to be a very dangerous full service TE. Again - a baller
Newsome - I LOVE this guy!!! He's got the edge you need in a corner. He WANTs to play the outside. Total baller
MacLaughlin - I love that some people are talking about his blocking skills. But what I was hearing was that he is a great receiver
Johnson - has the tools to be formidable on the edge - and guys who can train him. He also sounds totally psyched to be playing. None of this "Oh yeah, I'm happy to be playing for the Bengals" it's like he is totally juiced to be rushing the passer
Anthony - along with Newsom is a ball hawk and a hard worker
Lee - A steal in the 7th and gives me a lot more confidence in the interior than any of our current backups. I big upgrade.
So this is just a gut. But I think we finally have depth at the tackle position and the upside to be amazing at the position. While it was a mistake to let Reader go, I think Jenkins and Jackson will definitely soften to blow and team with Rankins to form a really good interior. Burton takes us to a new level getting receivers open for Burrow and we finally have a deep TE room
Opportunity to be an A+
But I think MIMs' floor is super high and his ceiling is through the roof - the only concern is his staying healthy
Jenkins sounds like a stud in the middle who will penetrate better than we expect. The guy is a total baller
Burton is a steal. The guy is going to finally give us a second guy who routinely gets separation. And again, he's a baller. LOVE the competitive nature. As long as he can self regulate better than Pacman I think we'll be OK. But look for teams - particularly the Steelers - to do everything to push his buttons at critical times of games. We need to play him the tape from the 2015 playoff game against the Steelers for education.
Jackson - has upside. Hopefully he grows into his talent.
All - again, if he's healthy - has the chance to be a very dangerous full service TE. Again - a baller
Newsome - I LOVE this guy!!! He's got the edge you need in a corner. He WANTs to play the outside. Total baller
MacLaughlin - I love that some people are talking about his blocking skills. But what I was hearing was that he is a great receiver
Johnson - has the tools to be formidable on the edge - and guys who can train him. He also sounds totally psyched to be playing. None of this "Oh yeah, I'm happy to be playing for the Bengals" it's like he is totally juiced to be rushing the passer
Anthony - along with Newsom is a ball hawk and a hard worker
Lee - A steal in the 7th and gives me a lot more confidence in the interior than any of our current backups. I big upgrade.
So this is just a gut. But I think we finally have depth at the tackle position and the upside to be amazing at the position. While it was a mistake to let Reader go, I think Jenkins and Jackson will definitely soften to blow and team with Rankins to form a really good interior. Burton takes us to a new level getting receivers open for Burrow and we finally have a deep TE room
Opportunity to be an A+
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