10-20-2016, 04:31 PM
(10-20-2016, 02:19 PM)sonofstat Wrote: The guy has been our OL coach for 20+ years. I'm sure that on any evaluation of OL he has to be the biggest voice in the room. He's not some assistant they've just hired.
Also look again at the Og comments after they draft him. Alexander was positively drooling over him...he clearly loved him and to be fair to him he must have lobbied hard to get him . I don't knock him for that , but I do wonder if he was trying to be a bit clever and got infatuated.
Also it was clear he was infatuated with Fisher too..he ran his drills at Oregon and even Peter King on SI projected him to the Bengals.
As for Bodine - again I cannot believe we trade up unless Alexander is banging the table hard for him...when have we ever traded up recently in drafts? Mike Brown / Duke/ Marvin don't do that unless Alexander is all-in
Where I do agree the 'GM by committee' should play a role is in playing devil's advocate - tempering the position coach if they think they are over-reaching for the player, or compromising value/ picks in other need areas.
PAUL ALEXANDER
Offensive line coach
What do you like about your new guy (Ced) ?
“I frickin’ love him. Let me tell you, there’s no way we have a chance at this guy if he doesn’t get hurt. He’s a top-of-the-draft player. There’s no question that this guy has rare feet and athleticism that you see in the very best offensive linemen in the league.”
Some critics said he plays high or has a high pad level at times. Did you see any of that?
“I have no (reservations). Zero. Ask as many questions as you want. I’ve got zero reservations on this guy.”
Is he the best pass protector in the draft?
“Oh yeah. Easily.”
The trade up for Bodine was actually Marvin. From what I've read, Marvin tends to write down players that he really wants on the Bengals. Whit was one of them, but he also wrote the same thing about Bodine. After round 3 of 2014, Marvin had Duke explore a trade option just in case. When the Pats took Stork, Duke called to see if the Seahawks were still on board with the trade.
We know what happened from there.
You can always trust an dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to look out for.
"Winning makes believers of us all"-Paul Brown
"Winning makes believers of us all"-Paul Brown
