Tobin Likes Williams At LT?!

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(03-09-2021, 11:33 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: People really need to get over the LT RT stuff. So many good edge rushers come from the left side of the defense, LT isn't the glamour position it used to be. 

These are the guys the Bengals will face (on the roster last year) and how often they come over RT in 2021. 

Bosa - 81% (chargers) 8 sacks last year
TJ Watt - 97% (steelers x 2) 15 sacks last year
Okwara - 59% (lions) 10 sacks last year
Jones - 52% (chiefs) 8 sacks last year
Smith - 50% (packers) 13 sacks last year
Chubb - 20% (broncos) 8 sacks last year
Garrett - 42% (browns x 2) 12 sacks last year
Mack - 84% (bears) 9 sacks last year

That's not including Von Miller--primarily LOLB--who was hurt last year and the Broncos would like to restructure him (possible vet cut). 

I tried to make this point before I read all the posts, but you did some great work here.  

This is the spot on truth.  It isn't about being a LT over a RT, but about having TWO OTs that can negate the outside pass rush and help open holes in the rushing attack.  I still am not sure if the Bengals will have a shot at Sewell, but if he is there I think he is absolutely the pick and I believe he starts at RT.  

Things get interesting outside of that.  I think Spencer Brown is a heck of a prospect for RT, but I would like to have a year to let him develop to this level before forcing him to start.  Free agency is the key.  They need one immediate upgrade starter, and I am hoping it is Thuney.  

That allows them to focus on OT in the draft.  BTW, Thuney played every position on the offensive line in college.  Sure, I would rather put him at LG next to Jonah and have that side be a wall, but in a pinch he could play RT.