(11-11-2024, 07:35 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Yet people wonder why we have no run game and think replacing Pollack will actually do anything. How about blaming the guy who put THAT line together in the first place.

I'm sure it wasn't just Tobin. Our coaches seem to have a lot of say so in players they sign/draft.

(11-12-2024, 04:12 AM)pulses Wrote: I'm sure it wasn't just Tobin. Our coaches seem to have a lot of say so in players they sign/draft.

Except when they don’t. Pollack supposedly wanted Creed Humphrey instead of Carman for example.

(11-08-2024, 05:17 PM)Joelist Wrote: I'm starting to think it's rebuild time. Starting with getting rid of Lou and Pitcher and only allowing Zac to stay if he gives up ANY control over play calling.

Find a DC known for fundamentals (like Tackling) and a rational scheme. We have some pieces so let's put what we have in a realistic scheme, get back to fundamentals and build off these foundations. We can keep Trey, Jenkins, McKinnley, Battle, Wilson, Pratt and Murphy. The rest needs to be rebuilt.

In the same vein find an OC with a rational scheme and play calling tendencies. Settle on a line scheme and then build to it. OBJr and Mims can function in either a zone or a power scheme. Get us under center either way and run more often to create a culture of winning up front.

Sign Chase, either trade or let Tee go. Then comes the biggest part - sit with Burrow and Chase and no matter what it takes SELL THEM on the rebuild. If it takes Tobin going away do it. If it takes expanding scouting do it. And when we draft we draft players to fit our schemes - which hopefully have been set and are more rational.

This is of course a fantasy because it requires ownership to get their heads out of their navels.

The Bengals are 6th in the league in Scoring Offense.  Burrow leads the the league in Passing Yards, is tied for the lead in TD Passes, and is second in Passer Rating.  Chase leads the league in Receiving Yards by 277 and in Receiving TD's by 3.  And they're doing it starting three Day 3 picks on offense, not to mention journeymen at TE.  Pitcher is going nowhere.  Lou, yeah, needs to go.  But if the defense could perform at all, we'd be a serious contender.

(11-12-2024, 08:37 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Except when they don’t. Pollack supposedly wanted Creed Humphrey instead of Carman for example.

Pollack must have been overruled by Taylor or someone else then at that time.

(11-12-2024, 10:21 PM)pulses Wrote: Pollack must have been overruled by Taylor or someone else then at that time.

Mike Brown is the one that wanted Carman. He personally reached out to Paul Alexander about him.

(11-12-2024, 10:26 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Mike Brown is the one that wanted Carman. He personally reached out to Paul Alexander about him.

Mike Brown would fk up a wet dream so I can see why that one went the way it did lol

(Yesterday, 03:59 AM)pulses Wrote: Mike Brown would fk up a wet dream so I can see why that one went the way it did lol

He destroyed his dad's legacy by himself.

(11-12-2024, 08:37 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Except when they don’t. Pollack supposedly wanted Creed Humphrey instead of Carman for example.

Man, I did too. Sad.

Mikey Boy and Duke need to listen to the coaches and what they want in their scheme instead of this crap. Hard to judge Pollack if he 
isn't getting the players he wants for his scheme. Is this happening on the DL with Hobby? His trenches have been shit too besides Trey
pretty much. Did Lou want Geno Stone? There are a lot of questions that need answering for us to know a solution...

(11-12-2024, 08:37 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Except when they don’t. Pollack supposedly wanted Creed Humphrey instead of Carman for example.

I take that with a grain of salt.  I've literally seen it nowhere except a couple of times in this board.