Youth Movement

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(09-03-2017, 04:57 PM)pally Wrote: In 2016 the Bengals were the 10th oldest team at an average age of 26.3 (granted last year Whit pulled the average up) With our current roster, even with losing 4 draft picks to cuts, injuries, or PS the Bengals will be the 3d youngest with an average age of 25.3.    Our youngest player is 21 year old Joe Mixon (just 4 months younger than Josh Malone)  Oldest is Adam Jones who will be 34 later this month.

This year we have 37% of our roster with 2 years or less experience.  Clubhouse leaders Peko and Whitworth are gone and Peerman on IR.  This is a make over of the team we haven't seen in some time.

Adam Jones and Burfict actually aren't currently counted towards most of the roster age/experience rankings right now, because they are technically not on the roster. They're on a suspended list, which is why when they come off of it, people will have to be cut to make room for them.

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That fact aside, getting younger is only good if those young players are any good. Honestly it's not normally a great thing to have a young team, because rarely will a team be stacked with young talent. The 2011Bengals and 2013 Seahawks are generally the exceptions, not the rule.

Of the top 10 youngest rosters in 2017, only 2 of them had a winning record in 2016. The 10 teams had a combined 54-105-1 record in 2016.

This isn't like the last youth movement the Bengals had. That team had AJ Green, Andy Dalton, Jermaine Gresham, Carlos Dunlap, Geno Atkins, Michael Johnson, Clint Boling, and Rey Maualuga (when he still looked promising).

Who are those players on this roster? I don't see any Greens/Dunlaps/Atkins among the young guys. Just a whole lot of PJ Dawsons, Brandon Ghees, and Dontay Mochs.