11-21-2016, 12:50 PM
My proposed solution:
Coaching - It's time to let Marvin go. I would like to bring in Josh McDaniels. I would like to think his creative mind and experience under Belichick can do wonders for the Bengals. Offense can thrive, we could expose other team's weaknesses, and I would hope that he could better prepare the team for primetime games (games where New England seems to thrive).
Offense - it depends where we draft, but I think we need to start reinforcing the line. All the offense is dependent on your line. Look at how New England and Dallas have done so well this year. Their RBs have huge holes to run through and their QBs have all day to throw. So I would avoid any playmaker position at this point and just focus on the line.
Defense - Given our current record, I think we will have a top 10 pick, possibly top 5. Similar to the OLine issue, I think the pick needs to be on the DLine. Yes we have holes at LB and in the secondary, but similar to the offense, those players cannot be exposed if we had a DLine that could apply pressure. Instead, this year we have no push and the our secondary is forced to cover guys a longer than they should be. So I think the top pick needs to either replace MJ or Peko. Billings may be that guy next year, so I think we draft a DE to replace MJ.
Overall, I think we let Marvin go and get McDaniels. Then we invest 3 or 4 of our top picks in OLine and DLine players. Do our Bengals thing and sign a few vets to fill other holes like LB, WR, S, and K. I think that would go a long way to hopefully bring the Bengals back to prominence and open a new window to getting that elusive playoff win.
Coaching - It's time to let Marvin go. I would like to bring in Josh McDaniels. I would like to think his creative mind and experience under Belichick can do wonders for the Bengals. Offense can thrive, we could expose other team's weaknesses, and I would hope that he could better prepare the team for primetime games (games where New England seems to thrive).
Offense - it depends where we draft, but I think we need to start reinforcing the line. All the offense is dependent on your line. Look at how New England and Dallas have done so well this year. Their RBs have huge holes to run through and their QBs have all day to throw. So I would avoid any playmaker position at this point and just focus on the line.
Defense - Given our current record, I think we will have a top 10 pick, possibly top 5. Similar to the OLine issue, I think the pick needs to be on the DLine. Yes we have holes at LB and in the secondary, but similar to the offense, those players cannot be exposed if we had a DLine that could apply pressure. Instead, this year we have no push and the our secondary is forced to cover guys a longer than they should be. So I think the top pick needs to either replace MJ or Peko. Billings may be that guy next year, so I think we draft a DE to replace MJ.
Overall, I think we let Marvin go and get McDaniels. Then we invest 3 or 4 of our top picks in OLine and DLine players. Do our Bengals thing and sign a few vets to fill other holes like LB, WR, S, and K. I think that would go a long way to hopefully bring the Bengals back to prominence and open a new window to getting that elusive playoff win.
