06-23-2017, 10:13 AM
(06-23-2017, 09:42 AM)Dr. Bombay Wrote: Not sure what point you are trying to make. I think the Bengals also deserve props for either scouting Atkins better than other teams or coaching him up better.
I don't want to start a fight. All I was doing was comparing a Bengal fourth round pick toother fourth round picks. I am not going to take the time to find out the highest pre-draft grade given to every other OG taken in the fourth round or later since 2010, but I am not going to apologize for saying something good about the Bengals coaches.
Atkins was drafted that low due to size concerns, not talent or drive. I will say Hayes was one of our better position coaches. The point is, Boling was better than his draft position coming out of college indicates....so was Atkins....so is Dalvin Cook....so is Joe Mixon. Injury concerns, character concerns, physical concerns, and scheme fit concerns often drop players on draft day versus where the talent level actually is. Exhibit A.....I give you Vontaze Burfict.
Clint Boling was already a good and polished player when he got here, he wasn't magically coached to this level. The game has passed Alexander by, and he really shouldn't have been here to begin with, coming off of a staff that produced the second worst decade in all of professional sports history. Where's the accountability?
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