Okay is everyone done crying and moaning?

[THE PISTONS]

(07-06-2019, 05:57 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: That’s dismal. How can you judge ZT already when he hasn’t coached a game for the Bengals yet? If you go by his past, then you may have trust issues in people, like they don’t learn and grow. I think ZT will come in and show us what it’s like to be competitive in the NFL. He’s been praised by his peers for his intelligence.

Too many people give up too easy and lose hope. That’s not a cheap shot by any means at you, but the negative feedback on whatever this team does to try and get better is baffling. If ZT walks in and stinks up the house, then so be it. At least we tried to fix what hasn’t been working for 16yrs.

I just hope that if he doesn’t do well as HC, that we don’t hang on more than 3-4. I would like to feel the joy of a SB before I die.

Really what positives have their been this offseason?

With some $50+ million cap space, they signed an underwhelming crop of free agents. They apparently identified retaining Hart as a key signing on the offensive line.

Then, the 1st Round pick that would actually upgrade the offensive line was injured and is out for the year after OTA's. Clint Boling who has been our best lineman the last few years, may be done. So the line could be worse.

LB - Which was a huge weakness...Well hasn't been addressed other than throwing a 3rd Round pick at at. Which may or may not pan out.

The team struggled to hire a DC being turned down by a bunch.

For offensive line coach, Pollack quit. Then, they hired a radioactive coach that likely no NFL team outside of Cincy would hire due to controversy off the field.

Many of Taylor's hires have been friends. We need to have a penchant for hiring and signing guys from the Bills, Giants, and Dolphins. (Losers.)

With our 2nd Round pick, we draft a blocking TE who was surprised to go that high. Not that it's a bad pick...it's just that we had a ton of other needs.

We bring back Eifert who is literally hurt every year.

We pin our hopes on health...and bam 2 offensive lineman already likely out for the year...and our best 2 at that.

Taylor could end up being a really good coach, but I question if any coach can win with this front office strategy.

People talk about us copying the Rams, but they have a Top 10 offensive line. We have a bottom 5 one. Line is hugely important.