03-29-2023, 08:08 PM
(03-29-2023, 03:44 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: We have missed a chance at 2 possible Super Bowls championships because of the O-line. Even now the O-line isnt great and you have a big question mark at RT. I dont understand thinking the top priority needs to be getting a TE with the 1st or 2nd round pick. Last year when we didnt have a #1 or #2 TE against K.C. we still beat them. We lost to K.C. when we didnt have the talent on the O-line even though we did have a #1 TE..
I do agree with the need to address pass rush with the first couple of picks because even with a close to healthy D-line, we couldnt get to Mahomes and he had all day to make stuff happen. If we face K.C. again and we will, we need a better pass rush. Pass rush and O-line should be the top priorities.
I don't consider RT to be a question mark. We have SEVEN OTs on the roster. I feel fairly confident that a healthy Williams, Carman, or a healthy Collins (later in the year) can give us acceptable or better RT play. Jonah will play RT. What's he gonna do, sit out? Tank? No chance. Once you get past Wright, the chances that a rookie is gonna be better than Jonah in year 1 are VERY slim. Hell, I think landing one better than Carman/Collins are slim.
Trading Jonah for peanuts and reaching for a tackle early is how you weaken RT this year AND miss an opportunity to improve the team elsewhere. TE, EDGE, and CB have deep classes. Get a stud there or at another spot. Let's not go all Billy Price.
The FO did not want to trade him. Unless we get a haul (which we won't), he's going nowhere. Plug & plays will be gone by #28 and the next tier (who likely won't help this year) gone by #60.
