(01-15-2021, 03:19 PM)kevin Wrote: I'm interested to see the answers.  Some will say, not another O Line Post.  Yet as much as we know the Blocking has been worst in NFL the last 4 seasons, come the Draft fans want everything but Blockers.

I'll make my point that I said all along that this O Line would get Top Pick Burrow killed.  They are getting Mixon killed also.  It is pointless to have Burrow go through Rehab and put him behind Bengals CHEAP Walmart Discount O Line. Within 2 or 3 games he will get career ending injury like Greg Cook.  The Bengals can also expect no more than 3 or 4 wins a year with such awful blockers since 2017.

Now I let you people speak.  Some are wanting WRs and everything but O Line.  

How do you rate the importance of getting a new O Line to protect Burrow and Block this team up the field....Important....Not A Top Need....Our O Line is Great as it is....or Mike Brown saying, Why Should I Pay O Linemen..

(01-15-2021, 03:19 PM)kevin Wrote: I'm interested to see the answers.  Some will say, not another O Line Post.  Yet as much as we know the Blocking has been worst in NFL the last 4 seasons, come the Draft fans want everything but Blockers.

(01-15-2021, 05:58 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: Hella Yes getting a good OL for an injured QB star is crucial!

The Bengals need to draft at least 2 OL and spend money on a blue chip guard.  They may need to draft another center.

Bengals have an oft injured OT that has yet play 16 game season and is average.  They have a former first rounder center that apart from his attitude has displayed the talent to start either at center or guard.  The Bengals former starter at Center in Hopkins tore his ACL.  They have a backup guard in Spain and another guard who is injury prone.

Then there is Hart.  


But as Kettering Fan stated in other threads, at least "turn style Turner" is gone.

(01-15-2021, 06:23 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: I do not believe for a second that FIK misspelled 'turnstile'. 

(01-15-2021, 08:15 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: ? He's right, you know..

Yes, putting a quality line out there for Joe Burrow is of the utmost importance;  Not only to protect Joe's future physical health, but for any hopes of fielding a winning team.

Obviously, I feel like drafting Penei Sewell at #5 is the most obvious no-brainer of all time, if he's there when we pick.  However, he's not going to transform the entire line by himself.  It's also going to take one, likely two proven NFL veterans from free agency to completely get the job done.

Somewhere along the line (slight pun intended) the Bengals lost their way with drafting large men that were vicious blockers.  Somehow, they got caught up in "measurables" and "athletic ability", rather than just judging a players ability based on how he did versus the best he faced, and the good form habits developed from a lifetime of disciplined coaching.  They need to understand that guys aren't going to develop that "love of dominating and inflicting their will upon another large human" at the professional level.  If they didn't have it in college, it ain't in them.  

(01-15-2021, 10:04 PM)PDub80 Wrote: IMO, fixing the line through proven FA talent that fit scheme is better than rolling the dice in the draft. Tired of watching guys "learn how to be a pro". I want to watch a PRO football team.

I think the Bengals have TIME to develop a WR, CB, or Dlineman. They do NOT have time to continue to let Burrow get destroyed.

BTW, w Burrow developing, I think the offense can hang qith the best of them IF they have a strong line. The defense can wait until the later rounds. Lots of $$$ spent on the D last year and lots of draft capital. Time for them to earn it.