05-16-2015, 12:39 AM
(05-16-2015, 12:10 AM)Joe Pong Wrote: I don't understand the Lorenzo Neal selections by some people. He was only here a couple years and our running game and Corey Dllon's production and yards per carry actually went DOWN after we signed him.
He was one of, if not the best, blocking FB the NFL has seen in the last 35 years. Played two seasons here, 2nd alternate, and 1st team Pro-Bowl respectively. If you're building an All-Time Bengals team as the thread suggests, and you prefer a blocking back over a rusher out of the FB position, the Bengals (and most every other NFL team) haven't had a better blocking FB than Lorenzo Neal. The guy blocked like a tackle, and if he was your FB you could trot out the Head Coach's Grandmother at HB and she'd run for 1,000. That's why people are picking him. If Dillon's numbers dipped, it wasn't because of Neal.
Plus, Dillon's three best seasons with the Bengals were 2000-2002, his best being 2000 when he went insane and broke the rushing record against the #2 rush D in the NFL defying all known logic. The other two are the two Neal was here, the drop-off is minimal.
