(06-27-2018, 02:51 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Whether it is Pollack or not, since he got here we brought in Glenn and Price.

A proven NFL Left Tackle and arguably the best Center in the Draft.

I think he had a hand in this.

Also i might add that i think you will be seeing those results pretty soon once the O-line starts to gel.

(06-27-2018, 03:22 PM)sandwedge Wrote: He brought a pretty impressive resume with him. He's more of a "do it my way or hit the highway" kind of coach, which I think the players will respect more just because it hard-nose football which O-linemen love.

(06-27-2018, 04:04 PM)3wt Wrote: I like a LOT of what I'm seeing/ hearing from and about Lazor.

I thought when he first took over (before I knew anything about him), OK we have the Beaver Cleaver coach who's going to get the Dave Shula award for competence and originality.

But the guy is panning out big time. If he succeeds over the next two years we're going to need to go back to the inheritance clause for head coach.   And if he's that successful maybe Marvin will be ready to call it a wrap.

(06-27-2018, 05:13 PM)Circleville Guy Wrote: And if this owner or head coach doesn’t handcuff him, hopefully it will translate in a positive way.

(06-27-2018, 05:23 PM)Circleville Guy Wrote: Doesn’t Marvin have a secret lifetime contract? There were like 2 or 3 times that he should’ve been gone. Marvin really needs to make some changes with his attitude this year. He looked so defeated most of last year and was publicly throwing players under the bus. He had some playoff birth seasons but some of those Bengal teams were loaded with talent.

(06-26-2018, 03:08 PM)3wt Wrote: There are several of you who have played offensive line, college football and are more knowledgeable than most of us.  And there are those who just have a good eye and good horse sense.  And there are the rest of us who mostly just have an opinion.


So I ask all of you.  Who would you like to see starting in the right guard and right tackle positions given what we know to this point?


So letting the last go first, my vote would be that Westerman start at right guard, and Perkins play right tackle.  The latter because I have so little confidence in Og, Fish or Hart.   I mean the hope is that Pollack revives both Og and Fish, that Fish looks best at RT and Og looks like a solid LT backup.  For me RT is the position of most concern on our offensive team.

What say ye?

(06-27-2018, 09:22 AM)ochocincos Wrote: What about the crazy idea of Glenn and Boling at OT spots, Redmond and Westerman at OG spots, Price at C?
That's something I thought could work but out of left field if none of Fisher, Ogbuehi, or Hart actually does well.

(06-27-2018, 03:55 PM)3wt Wrote: I don't think it would ever  happen.   But after the job Boling did last season at tackle I'd be up for it.  I thought he was a stud there in the last two games.   I think that would be a monster line.

Won't happen though.  He's been too good over time at LG, and I think they need some sort of continuity.

(06-27-2018, 09:22 AM)ochocincos Wrote: What about the crazy idea of Glenn and Boling at OT spots, Redmond and Westerman at OG spots, Price at C?
That's something I thought could work but out of left field if none of Fisher, Ogbuehi, or Hart actually does well.

(06-28-2018, 07:17 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: The only reason I keep thinking about it is how much more are we prepared for an injury at LT if Boling is already playing RT?  I ask that is all sincerity, as I truly don't know the answer.  Is playing tackle on the right side better than guard on the left side to be prepared for a potential switch?  I don't know.  And I have faith that Glenn's injury is behind him.  But I sure as hell like the idea of three, thick, nasty bad-ass mentality guys in the middle.  Boling is very good, but I see him more as the pulling guard with agility than the bulldozer at LG.  

He really showed something in his stint at LT, though, and it showed me that it might even be his more natural position.  

(06-28-2018, 10:51 AM)3wt Wrote: I agree.  I think the only guy that really rung his bell was Ziggy Ansah - who is himself a stud.

I seem to recall that either he played some tackle at Georgia, or some draft analysts saw him as a better tackle prospect than guard (though they acknowledged him as a good guard prospect).  

You are right about his strengths, which I actually see as a better match for the left side - tackle or guard.  Glen would be an overpowering right tackle.   Potentially the best since Willie.  I'd be very happy with that arrangement.  With Westerman and Redmond at guard that would be an offensive line with a lot of push, and the ability to give Dalton a better pocket in the middle than we've had (even though Boling the best pass protector of the bunch).

Intriguing.   I will be really interested to see what Pollack and Lazor end up deciding.

(06-28-2018, 07:17 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: The only reason I keep thinking about it is how much more are we prepared for an injury at LT if Boling is already playing RT?  I ask that is all sincerity, as I truly don't know the answer.  Is playing tackle on the right side better than guard on the left side to be prepared for a potential switch?  I don't know.  And I have faith that Glenn's injury is behind him.  But I sure as hell like the idea of three, thick, nasty bad-ass mentality guys in the middle.  Boling is very good, but I see him more as the pulling guard with agility than the bulldozer at LG.  

He really showed something in his stint at LT, though, and it showed me that it might even be his more natural position.  

(06-28-2018, 12:04 PM)sandwedge Wrote: Personally, I'd like to see them try Boling at RT and Redmond at LG... Glenn-Redmond-Price-Westerman-Boling...Maybe look at this line up once or twice in TC, just to see what it looks like. That would be our strongest line I believe. 

(06-28-2018, 01:30 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I mean there are so many options with these guys. I believe from watching Westerman he is more of a LG than a RG.

Redmond is more of the road grading RG type. Glenn is the more road grading RT type.

I would switch that all around Wedge lol

Boling - Westerman - Price - Redmond - Glenn

(06-26-2018, 03:08 PM)3wt Wrote: There are several of you who have played offensive line, college football and are more knowledgeable than most of us.  And there are those who just have a good eye and good horse sense.  And there are the rest of us who mostly just have an opinion.


So I ask all of you.  Who would you like to see starting in the right guard and right tackle positions given what we know to this point?


So letting the last go first, my vote would be that Westerman start at right guard, and Perkins play right tackle.  The latter because I have so little confidence in Og, Fish or Hart.   I mean the hope is that Pollack revives both Og and Fish, that Fish looks best at RT and Og looks like a solid LT backup.  For me RT is the position of most concern on our offensive team.

What say ye?

(06-28-2018, 01:30 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I mean there are so many options with these guys. I believe from watching Westerman he is more of a LG than a RG.

Redmond is more of the road grading RG type. Glenn is the more road grading RT type.

I would switch that all around Wedge lol

Boling - Westerman - Price - Redmond - Glenn

(06-28-2018, 09:59 AM)dr1441 Wrote: A co-worker and I have were having this same conversation yesterday actually. Boling looked really good at LT last year and if we have a couple of OG like Westerman, Hopkins and Redmond, why not move Boling over to RT and have your tackles taken care of and let OG, Fish and Hart compete for the swing tackle and starting OG roles with the other 3 guys? To me it just makes more sense to separate the 3 guys that we know will be starters and not have them all on one side. This could potentially leave our right side as a serious weakness at times, especially if one of the 3 starters gets injured as it is.