01-20-2017, 11:47 PM
(01-20-2017, 09:44 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: ALL quarterbacks struggle against pressure up the middle. That's why everyone wants to create it. Do you not remember 2013 when the Bengals beat Rodgers and Brady?
Brady put up a 52.2 QB Rating, and Rodgers put up a 64.5 QB Rating in those games.
Why? Because no quarterback, regardless of how elite they are can handle constant pressure up the middle and be successful, and the Bengals did just that.
Cracks me up when people try to make it a Dalton problem. It's a quarterback problem league-wide. It's why other teams try not to have garbage play at center, including ones who are not constantly snapping the ball at ankle height.
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That said, Zeitler has not been very good every year. If he was very good every year, he'd be a Pro Bowler/All-Pro and the Bengals would actually have a legit running game.
A draft pick (or Westerman) can replace him before spending $10m/yr on a Guard.
Heck, he struggled a pretty good amount in 2016. People have been saying "but look at the people he has around him!" to which I reply.. if you're going to pay a guard $10m/yr, shouldn't that not matter? If he needs good players next to him in order to be good, how can he be worth that much?
Its a good argument but I disagree. U need to have good players around u on the oline more than anywhere else. Bc u have a turnstile at c and RT ur having to help them out a lot and not paying attention to ur own man as much bc he worried about if they're gonna be able to keep their blocks or if u need to help out. And as far as pressure up the middle I think it affects most qbs unless they're Phillip rivers, Big Ben etc. The really tall qbs. And as far as westerman he must really suck sorry to say but it's what I feel. They played boling with one shoulder almost all year rather than play westerman. And when he was out they played Johnson over westerman. I would resign zeitler and Whit and draft a center to get our ISO running game going.
