***Official 2020 NFL Draft Thread***

[Nicomo Cosca]

(04-24-2020, 02:58 AM)007BengalsFan Wrote: The O line needed more than a healthy left tackle last year.  What about the rest of the line?  The team is still counting on guys like Bobby Hart to protect the QB and to open up holes for the RBs.  Also, we dont even know if Williams is any good or not as he didnt play a snap in a single game.  He could be a bust like Price and that's not counting the fact Williams is also coming off a surgery which adds even more question marks. The Bengals O line is bad and has been since around the time Whitworth left.  You cant just draft one guy like Williams and think that fixes the entire O line.  The troubles are and have been more than just one lineman.  

So is their defense. Particularly the LBers. Which I’d argue is the weakest position group on the team tbh. Germaine Pratt is our best one ffs. The OL at least has the best OT in last year’s draft, a good center in Hopkins, and a serviceable OG in XSF who at least filled in on the best OL in the league in Dallas. Jordan and Johnson are question marks but the former was improving over the course of the season, and latter was solid in his couple starts. Hart is the weak link, but for whatever reason the team loves him.

Our depth at WR is also a problem. If AJ or Ross (or both) get injured Joe Burrow has one reliable WR in Boyd. You can have 5 All Pros on the OL but if we’re counting on Alex Erickson to help win games it’s probably not going to go very well...