(03-26-2018, 01:05 AM)Jpoore Wrote: Dude I am telling u, I have been dreaming about interior oline of price, hernandez, boling. Mixon running for 1500.

(03-26-2018, 02:23 AM)wcu Wrote: The versatility you could get by having Mixon and Bernard on the field at the same time is mind boggling. They could cause confusion and match up nightmares across the entire formation. Hopefully Lazor has the balls to try it.

He had the balls to castrate Piano Man.

(03-26-2018, 01:05 AM)Jpoore Wrote: Dude I am telling u, I have been dreaming about interior oline of price, hernandez, boling. Mixon running for 1500.

(03-23-2018, 01:46 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Count me among the people that don't think LB is this huge need.

We signed Preston Brown.  We use 2 linebackers a majority of the time.  The team likes Vigil, Evans and Rey.  I know people on the board see it as a need, but I don't think the team is even remotely considering one.

(03-23-2018, 11:40 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Upon thinking about it more, Derwin James has started reminding me of a prospect from last year....Jabrill Peppers.
Peppers, like James, had very good speed and showed well at the Combine overall with his athletic ability.
Also like James, Peppers was considered a very versatile weapon, having the ability to play a few different defensive positions.
Unfortunately, also like James, Peppers wasn't quite the most productive in college, especially when it came to turnovers.

I see James potentially following the same path as Peppers. A lot of hype, but you have worry that all that athleticism might not actually end up turning into an elite playmaking FS on defense but rather "just" a good SS (or nickel LB?) that can do a bit of everything.

And yes, I realize that it's only been a year for Peppers so he has plenty of time still to become elite, but he didn't seem like an elite playmaker this past year right out of the gate like some people thought/hoped he would.

(03-26-2018, 06:04 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: Bengals will not take two interior OL first two rounds unless they make a trade to get an additional pick in the second round. I believe they address center and defense (lb,cb, DL) first two picks. In no particular order. But I just don’t see them putting that much draft capital in two areas they really don’t seem to value that high

(03-27-2018, 02:18 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Ok, I agree with you to a certain extent, but I also look at this a little different.

I think Mike Brown is ok (and probably would encourage) spending the draft capital on this because there is no way in hell he's paying a top tier OG $13 million per year or a top tier C $8 million per year.  This way, can get top tier prospects and pay them a fraction of what an experienced guy will get.

I actually think they draft 2 interior lineman in the first 2 days (rounds 1-3) as they have no starter at C and they really have no proven guy at RG either.  Granted, we've seen flashes, but we've also seen how hard it is for Hopkins to stay healthy for a year.

(03-27-2018, 02:33 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: Oh yeah, they have 4 picks in that range... I can see that happening, but not a back-to-back interior line picks. 

(03-21-2018, 05:48 PM)wcu Wrote: Those are obviously two of the biggest needs on the team, and I think we’re in a great position to address both of them.

#21 is very possibly around the time that Tremaine Edmunds and Leighton Vander Esch come off the board.

If we take the LB at 21, one of the top interior OL prospects (Price, Hernandez, Daniels) will likely be available in round 2.

If you given your choice of a combination of these players in these rounds, who would you choose?

I think I’d go with Vander Esch and Daniels. LVE is such a great athlete and a play making machine. Likewise, Daniels can do so much and make plays most centers can’t. Imagine the versatility and flexibility he’d bring to the oline.

(03-26-2018, 06:18 PM)3wt Wrote: I agree.  As Owczarski said, it is unlikely they'll look at a linebacker till day 3

And it's not like there isn't a lot of ways they have to go that will make me happy, but I would love to get a linebacker squad that would give us back at least some of the middle of the field and make running backs looking everywhere for where the next hammer is coming from.  I think we're 2/3 of the way there.   I think Evans is an underrated linebacker.

(03-23-2018, 01:46 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Count me among the people that don't think LB is this huge need.

We signed Preston Brown.  We use 2 linebackers a majority of the time.  The team likes Vigil, Evans and Rey.  I know people on the board see it as a need, but I don't think the team is even remotely considering one.

(03-29-2018, 08:50 PM)Shady Wrote: If we draft an LB to play SAM, I hope it's Rashan Evans. I love Edmunds, and I'd never let him past me in the draft, but I think there's plenty of other teams who'd feel the same way. He's not slipping to 21, but Evans might. Still, we need to address Oline in a major way, and I'm always wrong about predicting the BEngals to take an LB in Round 1. If we don't take one in 1, I hope we get Jesse Jewell in round 3.

(03-30-2018, 11:56 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm starting to accept the idea that the Bengals likely won't go LB in the first two rounds.  So, with focus shifting completely to fixing the interior of the OL, I'll give you my revised "dream" scenario.

Billy Price and Isiah Wynn.  

Talent, aggressiveness, intelligence.  Everything Coach Pollack looks for in an OL.  Those two are what I would call "low fat" players, meaning along with Boling, that interior 3 could be as easily effective running a zone blocking scheme, as they would in a straight up man scheme.  All of the benefits of straight ahead power, with the versatility to trap and pull counters.

(03-30-2018, 01:39 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: As you know, so would I.

I think i need to switch my Mock though now, with Price falling cause of his pectoral injury.

I don't think Wynn will last past our pick at 21 now honestly. Dude is too smart and versatile, fellow Bulldog to boot.

(03-30-2018, 02:11 PM)Goalpost Wrote: I think Wynn and then the best center at 46 is our best option.  If we need to trade up at 46, I'd be for it, if Pollack thought it was necessary.

(03-30-2018, 02:11 PM)Goalpost Wrote: I think Wynn and then the best center at 46 is our best option.  If we need to trade up at 46, I'd be for it, if Pollack thought it was necessary.

(03-30-2018, 02:18 PM)The Real Deal Wrote: This is where I’m at. Get your versatile guard at21 then trade up and get one of the top centers. As it stands We have 11 picks and there is no way they all make the roster.if they are really in win now mode, which I believe they are, Expend some of those picks and really fortify that oline. Including the Glenn trade, those 3 moves change the offense significantly.