03-10-2016, 01:28 AM
(03-10-2016, 01:01 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Makes plenty of sense. You already have a 1st or 2nd round backup tackle. Why would you need another backup for even say.. $3-4m/yr? Even less so when that guy can ONLY backup RT and even then not do particularly well.
If Winston is protecting Dalton, it means not one, but two starting tackles have gone down and the Bengals are in big trouble regardless because Winston was signed mostly as a backup guard. As a tackle he's 4th on the depth chart.
Is that why he started 2 games at T last year? And is listed as a T on the roster? And now we are letting the guy he was backing up walk. Zeitler is a free agent after next year. If he walks Fisher and Ogbuehi would make a fine right side. Problem is Whit is a free agent too after this year. He can't do it forever. Maybe sign Winston back for 2017 too?
How would Andre go from starter to ONLY being a backup and not doing it well? He played LT at Bama. He could play G. His forte is run blocking.
Fisher didn't set the world on fire. And Ogbuehi is supposed to be our future at LT. And like I said Zeitler is up after this year. And everyone wants Bodine replaced.
Say whatever you want. Andre was a starting tackle on a team that's offense was on fire last year. And without good tackle play there is no offensive fireworks.
We make all of our draft picks earn it. But for some reason our only veteran competition at RT is going to be Winston?
We have plenty of money to spend. If he only cost 3 million it is well worth it instead of letting our OL depth go to hell.
