Where the Bengals Have Already Failed Joe Burrow

[Nicomo Cosca]

(05-05-2020, 09:54 AM)TheCincinnatiKid Wrote: We could've put more into the O-Line to help Burrow, but we've been pumping resources into our O-line for years now... it seemingly just hasn't worked. We got great value with the picks we made (on paper) and I can't say I'd swap those for O-Line guys instead. In FA, we made a splash in numerous places... you can't just buy everybody.

I agree the OL still needs work and isn't primed to help our Franchise QB in his first year, but we did great at fixing the rest of the team. I think that article is very unfair in ignoring all of the work we have done. Sure it counts for nought if our OL is so bad it inhibits our QB's development, but as said we've tried to fix the OL for years now. If we'd have just done so again, we'd have been ignoring value in other spots, reaching for picks all over the place and neglecting the enormous holes we had elsewhere. Can't do it all in one offseason!

And that’s just it...we can’t keep ignoring other positions in dire need of help. We went OL 3x out of our last 6 1st round picks. And Fisher was a 2nd. LB was arguably in even worse shape, and they really liked the guys they took this year. The work to fix the OL is obviously not over, but hopefully Jonah works out at LT, and Hopkins continues to be solid at Center, that’s the 2 most important positions right there. We can use our 1st or 2nd next year for a RT, and continue to bring in guys to compete at guard.