03-12-2019, 03:05 PM
(03-11-2019, 11:43 PM)NKURyan Wrote: At the very least I'd expect Billy Price to improve quite a bit in his second year. That alone massively improves the offensive line, because I thought he struggled as much as anybody during his rookie season (not unexpected).
As for Hart, I don't think he's a good player or anything, but with free agency coming before the draft I think sometimes your hands are tied. They may have a plan to draft an OT to start but you can't count on that to be a 100% certainty so you've gotta make sure you have somebody in place. It certainly looks like they overpaid, but then again the market for OTs tends to be pretty stupid anyways.
...and Kat Terrell is the same reporter who swore for months that Hue Jackson as head coach was a done deal. She's as stuck in the 90s and some fans are and I don't really feel she really has much of a feel for what the team does. She can tweet all day long that there's no way the Bengals pay him all that money and don't start him... I'll wait and see, just like I did during the coaching search.
I think concern is reasonable. I think being nervous is understandable. But out-and-out panic after less than 24 hours of free agency? Come on...
We can't expect Price to improve any more than Ogbuehi or Fisher improved. We can hope, but not expect.
I get your angle on Hart, but it's hard to imagine the Bengals paying $7.4 million (what I read is Hart's 2019 salary) for a backup Tackle.
IMO, we'll probably draft a Tackle in 2nd or later - given this signing - and develop that guy for later, with Hart starting now.
(03-12-2019, 02:36 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: If Jim Turner's actions and words thus far tells me anything, it's that they will use their first round pick to re-draft Cedric Ogbuehi.
Well he's not impressing thus far, and looking at his past performance (Incognito fiasco aside), it's tough to give benefit of the doubt.
(03-12-2019, 08:39 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Some folks here are in heaven. This is just what they dreamed of.
Posting like crazy. Showing how many clever ways there are to complain.
Yep. This is pure ecstasy. I'm posting almost as much as you.
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