10-19-2019, 10:02 AM
(10-19-2019, 09:02 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Everyone should read this over and over again. I am not trying to say that the Bengals management have any such capabilities, but everyone on here would gladly accept what the Astros went through to get what they are now.
It is clear that it won't be Dalton, and likely not Green. A part of me will always hurt over 2015. That team was so much fun...in the beginning. But they tried to take shortcuts. Guys that were not reliable like Burfict and Adam Jones. Incredible talents that always seemed to implode at the wrong moments. I love Geno and Carlos, but I don't remember ever thinking that they were at their best in the biggest games. The roster will have to turn over and I am not sure how many of the current coaches will survive. I am sure they will give ZT every chance. The odd choice at DC and offensive line coach, perhaps not so much.
However, if they start now with building the team from the trenches. Get your offensive and defensive lines shored up in the next two drafts. Combine that with some serious FAs at the LB, Safety, and perhaps offensive line positions and you can have a team that will be very competitive to surround a new, young QB. I know everyone will throw the slow start of Dewayne Haskins at me, but that Justin Fields kid has incredible size, strength, arm, and mobility. I want our next QB to be one that has wheels. It seems much harder to build a tremendous offensive line (Only Oakland, Dallas, and New England have one) that it is to have a QB that makes defenses change their plan with their mobility: Russell, Mahomees, Watson, Wentz, Murray are all this type of QB. I would love to see Fields here in two years as he has the size and strength, but also outstanding mobility.
And if the team addresses the lines BEFORE the skill positions this time, I think the likes of Boyd, Tate, Ross, etc. will show much more than they have already and whatever young QB gets the nod will also be in a much better position to be successful.
Agreed....and as I noted somewhere on here, we are basically totally ditching the old philosophy for a new one. Same as we did when Sam Wyche took over. This team was built for an antiquated AFCN approach. The new staff is looking at a modern west coast style of play. We don't have the horses for it across the roster. There are some pieces here and there, but not enough. The team is going to have to get aggressive in its personnel moves and fast. If the team still falls flat, then it's time to look at coaching. With as late of a start as we got assembling the staff due to the archaic rules of hiring coaches until they're done in the playoffs, we were behind the 8 ball before we even got started. A lot of people have lost sight of that little nugget.
EDIT: As a FSU fan, the same thing happened there, and last season looked brutal. This season started about the same, but over the last few weeks, the team has shown signs of pretty good improvement.
