(11-02-2021, 11:33 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Have we really had one since Rich Braham? Maybe a couple of them have been serviceable, but actually good? 15 years is a long time to go without hitting on one. Whether it be in the draft or FA. Has there been a single other position you could say the Bengals haven’t had an above average player at for that amount of time?

I really hope they don’t just sit on their hands this offseason and count on Hopkins to bounce back. Even at his best he was just average in pass protection, and has never been a good run blocker. And I can’t imagine Trey Hill is the plan for the future.

You would think it has to be one of the biggest needs going forward. And unfortunately there aren’t a lot of great FA centers available this year. I guess I’ll have to start paying close attention to some of the guys coming out in the draft (other than Linderbaum who I assume will be gone by the time we pick).

(11-02-2021, 12:03 PM)Wyche Wrote: This is precisely why a few of us blew a gasket over not getting Alex Mack in 2015....or a center approaching that level of play. Pressure up the gut was our lone weakness on that line.

(11-02-2021, 02:37 PM)grampahol Wrote: OK, I'll play center and improve the team.. So what I'm 62 and weight about 140 soaking wet with $500 worth of pennies in each pocket, 

(11-02-2021, 02:44 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Just so you know, $500 worth of pennies would be 1000 rolls of pennies. A box of pennies $25 and only contains 50 rolls of pennies. So, you'd have the equivalent of 200 boxes of pennies in your pockets. There are no pockets in any article of clothing that could hold 200 boxes of pennies. 

Of course, if they're loose that means you would have 50,000 pennies in your pockets, which again, no pockets in the world would be able to contain that many.

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(11-02-2021, 02:37 PM)grampahol Wrote: OK, I'll play center and improve the team.. So what I'm 62 and weight about 140 soaking wet with $500 worth of pennies in each pocket, but I have experience. I was the center on our peewee flag football team!

(11-02-2021, 02:56 PM)bfine32 Wrote: It's not like we haven't tried:

Jonathan Luigs in the 4th

Russell Bodine in the 4th

Eric Ghiaciuc in the 4th

Billy Price in the 1st

Who was that big name former Notre Dame Center we brought in. Seems he was damaged goods at the time.

(11-02-2021, 02:44 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Just so you know, $500 worth of pennies would be 1000 rolls of pennies. A box of pennies $25 and only contains 50 rolls of pennies. So, you'd have the equivalent of 200 boxes of pennies in your pockets. There are no pockets in any article of clothing that could hold 200 boxes of pennies. 

Of course, if they're loose that means you would have 50,000 pennies in your pockets, which again, no pockets in the world would be able to contain that many.

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(11-02-2021, 12:11 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: People talk about how much the Ogbuehi and Fisher picks set us back, but honestly, the Price pick isn’t far behind.

Other than Jonah, I just don’t know that I trust Tobin drafting OL. Even in the 1st round. And as much as I like and respect Pollack, he was here when we picked both Price and Carman (jury still out on that one).

(11-02-2021, 04:57 PM)bfine32 Wrote: How sad is it we have to use Rich Braham as our standard of excellence at Center/ I don't think dude made any "award team" in his career