03-15-2019, 01:38 PM
Looks like we won't be seeing an Offensive Line over haul or multiple O-line position upgrades.
The best we may get to expect is that a solid Guard prospect gets taken fairly high in the Draft. Say by no later than round 3.
Maybe it will be a Guard with potential Tackle possibility but I don't expect more than one O-lineman to be taken within the first 3 rounds, maybe 4.
The Bengals intentions for taking this player may not be to fill the Right Guard hole long term but instead to get someone in place to enable them to allow Clint Boling to move on in Free Agency after the 2019 season.
Far from a Plan to ultimately create a dominant O-line with 5 solid positions.
The Plan may just be to prepare for a new Hole to fill by getting Clint Boling's 2020 replacement in the 2019 Draft.
The Steelers tie up a lot of money into their O-line by comparison. The Steeler line has players that have been playing together for a long time forming continuity & excellent O-line results.
Investment in the O-line may be a foundational piece around Steeler success over the decades while the Bengals don't appear to value that approach.
If the Key Draft move in 2019 is in fact finding Clint Boling's replacement then upgrading the O-line Unit as a whole takes somewhat of a back seat.
Upgrading right tackle or right guard longer term gets resorted to just making sure they can replace the left guard when he leaves.
And if they swing & miss on the Boling replacement, then what. The line gets worse.
Just not so sure the Bengals new day will involve the pursuit of a Top O-line.
To get there means actually investing in it with a sense of tenacity to actually get it to that level.
We may be watching Clint Boling leave a year from now & crossing our fingers that his replacement doesn't reveal a new hole.
The best we may get to expect is that a solid Guard prospect gets taken fairly high in the Draft. Say by no later than round 3.
Maybe it will be a Guard with potential Tackle possibility but I don't expect more than one O-lineman to be taken within the first 3 rounds, maybe 4.
The Bengals intentions for taking this player may not be to fill the Right Guard hole long term but instead to get someone in place to enable them to allow Clint Boling to move on in Free Agency after the 2019 season.
Far from a Plan to ultimately create a dominant O-line with 5 solid positions.
The Plan may just be to prepare for a new Hole to fill by getting Clint Boling's 2020 replacement in the 2019 Draft.
The Steelers tie up a lot of money into their O-line by comparison. The Steeler line has players that have been playing together for a long time forming continuity & excellent O-line results.
Investment in the O-line may be a foundational piece around Steeler success over the decades while the Bengals don't appear to value that approach.
If the Key Draft move in 2019 is in fact finding Clint Boling's replacement then upgrading the O-line Unit as a whole takes somewhat of a back seat.
Upgrading right tackle or right guard longer term gets resorted to just making sure they can replace the left guard when he leaves.
And if they swing & miss on the Boling replacement, then what. The line gets worse.
Just not so sure the Bengals new day will involve the pursuit of a Top O-line.
To get there means actually investing in it with a sense of tenacity to actually get it to that level.
We may be watching Clint Boling leave a year from now & crossing our fingers that his replacement doesn't reveal a new hole.
