Bodine = Dalton???

[*PhilHos*]

(01-27-2018, 06:34 AM)PDub80 Wrote: Reading through the Bodine interest thread it just dawned on me: Finkle is Einhorn.



Seriously. Hear me out on this one. Indulge me for just a moment and follow me down the rabbit hole to see why I predict that the Bengals keep with the status quo and resign Russell Bodine. THINK ABOUT IT. He's the Andy Dalton of the offensive line. I mean, like, the EXACT same guy. Which means the Bengals probably love him....

- Best quality is that he's "reliable" (shows up for work every day).
- Doesn't make anyone around him actually any better nor makes up for their deficiencies.
-  Only plays well when the guys around him play well.
- Has roughly 2 great games a season.
- About the same(ish) as when they drafted him. Give or take.
- Looks lost at times.
- Prone to the occasional horrific, soul crushing game that heavily contributes to a loss.
- Does his best work pre-snap before the ball is in play.
- Has embarrassing prime time "lowlight" involving JJ Watt. For those who have white washed that out of existence, I offer you a refresher (click the link when it pops up):



I was going to ninja this, but now, after typing it all out and reviewing the data, I think that anyone who's a huge Dalton guy would be a huge fan of resigning Bodine. They're basically the same quality player, just different positions.

- Oh, wait! I almost forgot... "Good guy off the field." You know, where it really counts.

Seriously, does anyone else see similarities? Other than a few meaningless probowls after everyone good dropped out and 1 strong half a season, aren't these two guys strangely similar?

(01-30-2018, 12:48 AM)PDub80 Wrote: Other than Shake throwing out that they are maybe 8 spots apart in PFF rankings, none of you have offered any counters to my points in how they're similar. Please, show me how I'm wrong or offer a counterpoint to what I said. If you can't... then, I must be right.

One guy said I have too much time on my hands.... but he has 4000ish posts compared to my 900. I appreciate the irony/hypocrisy, but if you can't bring a counter perspective... I'll just assume that your comments are sour grapes.

I stand by my point that they are more similar than different when it comes to what they bring to the team, but am happy/willing to change my mind if anyone can offer some things up? If you can't, no worries. I'll just file the responses away under "Haters gonna hate, homers gonna home".

You want a counterargument to a stupid post? Fine. Show me the season that Bodine was in the league MVP discussion. Dalton's was 2015. Don't worry. I won't hold my breath.