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[BengalChris]

(05-02-2020, 01:47 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Underrated.... Bobby Hart

In 2019 Bobby Hart played 92 more snaps than he did in 2018 (1086 to 994), but even more important the Bengals had 85 more passing plays (attempts + sacks) than 2018 (664 to 579).  Yet Hart only allowed about a third as many sacks in 2019 as 2018 (4 to 11.5) and he cut his penalties in half (12 to 6).  Only 2 of Harts 6 penalties were holding.

There were 64 players that started at least 8 games as an OT last year and played at least 500 snaps.  If you look at snaps per (sacks allowed + holding penalties) Hart ranked 13th among those 64.  He also ranked 25th in sacks per snap.

https://www.milehighreport.com/2020/2/18/21142328/2019-offensive-line-pass-blocking-review

I assume any analysis of his run blocking will look below average because over the first half of the season our run game was not just bad it was historically bad.  But over the last 8 games the Bengals ranked 8th in rushing yards per game and 13th in yards per carry.  And before anyone starts talking about our weaker second half schedule just look at what we did in the first half against the Seahawks #22 ranked run defense (14 att 34 yds) and the Jaguars #28 rush defense (20 att 33 yds).

I understand the Waynes thing, but isn't Bobby Hart in a competition to keep his job against practice squad pickup Fred Johnson?

I see that you compare Waynes with elite shutdown corner status, but then compare Hart to his pathetic play from 2018. And it has to be a bit concerning that a practice squad guy is threatening his job. It's not like he's got a 2nd round pick to compete against, but a guy who couldn't make a 53 man roster is threatening his job.

I have Hart as overrated by the team, and while he did improve in 2019 there are much better RTs out there and there have been in the draft as well.

You excuse Hart's bad run blocking because of the team's bad running game. That's like blaming bad CB stats on the team's bad pass defense. Don't these go hand-in-hand?