03-18-2021, 02:47 PM
(03-18-2021, 02:30 PM)TJ528 Wrote: See i might agree with you that Hilton is better than McKinzie. I dont agree with the other corner that'll be replacing WJIII. As far as Hendrickson i'd say he's equal to or slightly below Lawson IMO. Hendrickson wont be able to do anything in Cincinnati until they upgrade the other EDGE rusher. If they dont pick up another DE I'd guess Hendrickson has 3-4 sacks this year.
If Bobby Hart is our starting RT you might want to set up the next appointment for his other knee with the surgeon in L.A. Thats how fearful i am of any of the OL we currently have blocking for JoeyB.
I think were a bunch of people are missing the whole scenario on is Awuzie better then WJ3 or whatever and I get it, that's the most Obvious way to look at it. Player A leaves, Player B is signed.
I like to look at it from the Angle of Waynes is now the Bengals #1 (replacing WJ3), and Auwzie will be starting opposite him, replacing the cluster of guys we had there last year (Sims, Brown, etc etc). Hilton replaces Alexander in the slot, and as solid as Mac played IMO Hilton is an upgrade.
Also have to take into consideration the scheme, zone scheme is def NOT WJ3's best fit, he is a great man to man cover guy, and that is obviously not something this staff is going to be running as a base D.
As for Trey, I watched every game he played living here in NOLA. Anyone who says half his sacks were coverage sacks, or he got his sacks as cleanup sacks are completely WRONG. Did he benefit by playing on a line with an ALL PRO in Cam, and having solid DTs like Rankins, Onyemata, and Brown? Of course, but in NOWAY was he just getting cleanup sacks. In Fact I would say Onyemata, Rankins benefited more with Trey's get off and collapsing the pocket often and forcing the QB to step up into them. Trey quite often was the FIRST guy to get there on multiple occasions. He also started his climb to this type of play in 2019 closing out the season. 18 sacks in his last 28 games. People want to look at Pressure, qb hits etc as pass rush stats, and thats fine, they are ALL relative, but so are sacks. You can get all the pressure, and hits you want, but did they lead to a loss on the play? A SACK does. If you cant finish then pressures and hits are misleading.
You may be right that without adding another Edge rusher he may only get 3or4 sacks, but that would be because teams can slide their protection to him and focus on him more. I would hope Reader, LO, Hubbard, Geno (if he still here) and someone they add in draft or FA will help to not allow that to happen, but it would be the SAME scenario if Lawson was Trey so....
I get your gloom and doom mentality, because its warranted. I myself just cant sit here all offseason and year after year and have that mentality because then the game I love to watch and be involved in would be worthless.
