John Ross “healthy scratch” right? He posted this.

[*SHRacerX*]

(12-17-2017, 12:13 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Responding to a disappointing season by putting players who weren't ready on the field for the hell of it is more of a Browns move than a Bengals one.

For the hell of it?  How many times do we come in to a season and have our fingers crossed that a player "pans out"?  What is to be gained from starting Lafell over guys like Core, Ross, and Malone?  What is to be gained by starting Bodine instead of giving a guy like TJ Johnson, Westerman, or Redmond (at Guard) some snaps to see what they can show in an actual game setting?  

With the season all but finished after the steeler game, the coaches should be evaluating ALL the talent for next year, but they don't care about next year, now do they?

What if a guy like Redmond splits snaps with Hopkins the rest of the way and is impressive and hands-down better than Hopkins (not unrealistic)?  You wouldn't think you need to draft a Guard next year to replace the weakest link (to be fair, the middle three are all pretty weak) on the line?

I would probably get the crap from the coaching staff that they are too busy with paperwork installing the game plan than actually evaluating the players.  This staff is light years behind competitive.  Clean them ALL out.  Start new.