We tried to trade up in the 2nd Round for another offensive lineman

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(04-29-2019, 09:43 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I'm pretty encouraged that they tried trading up for another offensive lineman. Why you ask? Well I didn't like the Hart signing and I thought Miller was underwhelming for the Bills and didn't see them as the answer.

Obviously after drafting Williams, ZT and the Bengals staff agree or they would have called it a day with Hart/Redmond/Hopkins as the primary backups and Miller starting and not worried about adding another lineman.

Extrapolating into this, I'm sure that they would have preferred better levels of free agents signed, but the Bengals management just doesn't roll that way. I find this to be a much better explanation than ZT and the staff loved Hart and Miller.

One thing about Hart. Some guys are just good guys and good teammates. The fans don't get too much incite into how coachable or helpful to younger players they are and some of the re-signings that make you shake your heads are based on a lot of that. I know just about everybody on the old board I was on wanted Reggie Kelly replaced for years, and then when it came to RK's FA season, Carson Palmer called him the best teammate he's ever had and then Bengaldom kind of shifted their opinions of Kelly almost overnight.