10-05-2017, 05:40 PM
(10-05-2017, 03:18 PM)BengalChris Wrote: Yes, I understand all that and you are correct. We did have some good players on the team in the 90s.
What reminds me of the 90s is the arrogance of the front office. How they could not have planned for the OL being a mess is beyond reason. They drafted Ogbuehi in the 1st and rather than just admit the mistake and move on, they have saddled the team him. Same for Bodine who is in the final year of his rookie deal and has never even rated being "decent." Yet here we are.
Right after the draft I said the 1st round pick reminded me of how the team drafted in 90s. In 2017 they were desperate for speed on the outside so spent their top 10 pick on an often injured player.
I agree with you on the O-line, they should of atleast brought Whit back and drafted a Center somewhere better
than Dielman for sure. I wouldn't put the Ross pick in this statement though, we needed a speedy WR and Ross is
much more than just that if he can get healthy. There was not a LT at 9 that would of helped us as we have seen
with the likes of Cam Robinson who has sucked as well as a rookie.
This season is not over yet and i want to see Ross get some playing time before we just call him a bust. He played
through injuries in college, he is a tough kid and he is only a rookie. I know you didn't call him a bust but some on
here have and they didn't like the pick to begin with and are a bit biased against the man.
Was talking to RRL about this in another thread. The problem is we are trying a Zone Blocking Scheme and Bodine
doesn't fit a ZBS and Boling has too much on his plate with the players around him. Maybe Hopkins coming back a
change at Center using TJ Johnson and moving Andre and Fisher to the Tackle spots accordingly will help.
Still think the biggest problem with Fisher is how much we have moved him around. Should of had him start at RT
last season above Og who was clearly not ready. Who knows how much better Fisher would be at RT right now if
we did this.
