10-30-2019, 08:23 PM
(10-30-2019, 07:50 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Just seen the interview. He's not pissed, he's shocked. He's been demoted. Interview happened too soon after and I think he will do a lot to help Finley. He mentioned he has done a lot for the city, and he has. However, doing a lot for the city does not solidify your position at your job. I doubt he's really upset about the trade deadline because honestly, it's not even up to him. When this thing sinks in, he will realize this.
As I looked beyond him at the wall, I imagined the things he spoke about with doing a lot of great things and having great seasons and playoff runs. Yes, this locker-room was his pinnacle and he walked in there celebrating a lot of times. But dude, your 0-8 as the leader of this offense, and I know he realizes the choices that had to be made.
He stated he had talks with ZT on several occasions and had been in ZT's office more this year than ever, so it seems ZT is involved with good communication with the players. Andy the spoke of AJ and his relationship. It appears they have a great relationship. HOWEVER, I don't think AJ is as affected as much by the news of Andy. As AJ says several times, "NFL is a business."
He was also on the other side of that and was 8-0 as a leader as well.
If Taylor had any sense he would try to find out what made Dalton successful on that 8-0 team and look to creating that.
That year he had reliable WRs in Green, Sanu and Jones. He had a great TE in Eifert. His OLine was the best it had ever been with Whitworth, Boling, Bodine, Zeitler and Smith. Winston was a serviceable back up.
Then in 2016 both Jones and Sanu departed and were replaced with Tyler Boyd.. that's it. Green got injured and was IRed, Eifert IRed and Boling as well. Even then the Bengals were 3 games where we needed a FG to win to qualify for the playoffs.
2017 is when everything fell apart. Still no WR to replace Jones, since Boyd was more like Sanu. No more Whitworth or Zeitler and Smith was IRed. That is 3 guys on the OLine that is missing.
I know building up a solid OLine is easier said than done, but after Cedric and Jake and no possibly Price failed, you don't throw away the QB. You continue looking at your options to build that line. Glenn didn't pan out either. They drafted Williams but then he is injured. However that is a good start, don't stop there though. Grab another OT with the first pick and grab a OG with the 2nd pick.
