I think its officially time we declare Ossai a bust.

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(10-02-2024, 11:46 PM)BurrowTheGoat Wrote: I had such high hopes for this guy early in his career here but man last season and so far this season he has been invisible.  Its very puzzling because year 2 (which was his defacto rookie season due to injury) he looked good.  I hope he proves me wrong but so far this season his PFF grade is 51.3  

Not a bad idea to call Ossai out. He actually played decent against the Panthers and their OL has been the best this season in pass protection
which is crazy to hear. But yeah, Ossai was bad the first 2 games.

[kalibengal]

(Yesterday, 02:32 PM)jason Wrote: Starting with hiring.... Checks notes.... Scouts.

smallest scouting dept in NFL and no GM
lets start with that

[tms]

He’ll always have that preseason sack of TB12. Left Wirfs in his dust. Have mercy. What a play

[BurrowTheGoat]

(Yesterday, 11:40 AM)Speedy Thomas Wrote: Yeah I don't know if you can call a 3rd round pick a bust.  But Ossai seems destined to go down in Bengals history along with Jeremy Hill and Lewis Billups.

He was pick 69 overall so ya not like a massive "bust" but considering he was universally viewed as a steal when we got him id say the term applies.  

[*bfine32*]

Well to be fair this is essentially his rookie year.

[J24]

It's probably not going to happen here for Ossai but I think he still has the ability to be a game breaker.
In the FO defense, Ossai, was considered a fringe First Rd pick going into that draft and he was considered by most a home run of a pick in the third.

[BurrowTheGoat]

(6 hours ago)J24 Wrote: It's probably not going to happen here for Ossai but I think he still has the ability to be a game breaker.
In the FO defense, Ossai, was considered a fringe First Rd pick going into that draft and he was considered by most a home run of a pick in the third.

Agree it even looked like an awesome pick in his 2nd year when he was flying all over the field making plays.  For some reason he just doesn't impact the game much at all ever since.  Its both puzzling and a bummer these last few games were his real chance to shine and he didn't.