06-22-2017, 07:34 PM
(06-22-2017, 07:22 PM)Dr. Bombay Wrote: Bengals either did a good job scouting or a good job coaching with Boling. A OG with a fourth round grade is almost always garbage.
Since 2010 there have been 58 OGs taken in the fourth round or later. Only 4 of them have been starters for more than one season in the NFL. Boling has been a starter for 5 seasons and none of the others have more than 3.
Boling had a lot higher grade than a 4th rounder, he was very polished, he just needed to gain strength cause he was out of
his element as a rookie and got manhandled quite a bit. The O-lineman that PA has done well with have to be polished or they
end up sucking like Livings, Gutcheck or Bodine.
It is not a coincidence that Whitworth, Boling and Zeitler played well, they were pretty polished coming out of college.
I have high hopes for Westerman as well who was a very good pass blocker in college similar to Zeitler and had a much higher
grade then where we took him just like Boling. Westerman is just like Boling, just needs to add strength and get better in the
run game. Boling was ahead of Westerman though in this cause he was actually a good run blocker in college as well.
Might take Westerman a little longer to get decent, especially with an O-line coach that is bad at coaching up run blocking.
